Elymandra is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family.[2][3] Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil.[4]
| Elymandra | |
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| Elymandra grallata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Andropogoninae |
| Genus: | Elymandra Stapf |
| Type species | |
| Elymandra androphila (Stapf) Stapf
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Elymandra androphila (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola
- Elymandra archaelymandra (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton - Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Sierra Leone
- Elymandra gossweileri (Stapf) Clayton - from Senegal to Angola
- Elymandra grallata (Stapf) Clayton from Gambia to KwaZulu-Natal
- Elymandra lithophila (Trin.) Clayton - Brazil (State of Minas Gerais), Zaïre to Zimbabwe
- Elymandra subulata Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 407
- ^ Tropicos, Elymandra Stapf
- ^ "RBG Kew: GrassBase - Elymandra Description". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ The Plant List search for Elymandra
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