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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Puccinellia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae

There are about 80 species worldwide (mainly north temperate regions) of which two are native to southern Africa and two are naturalised. 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Puccinellia acroxantha

 

Puccinellia angusta

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Puccinellia distans

 

Puccinellia fasciculata