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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Tristachya

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 22 species worldwide (tropical Africa and America, Madagascar) of which seven are native to southern Africa. 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Tristachya biseriata

 

Tristachya leucothrix

 

Tristachya lualabaensis

 

Tristachya nodiglumis

Tristachya pallida

 

Tristachya rehmannii

 

Tristachya superba