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Flowering plants of Botswana

A guide to the flowering plants- the angioserms pf Botswana.

Natal grass 1
Melinis repens
ruby grass 2
Melinis repens repens
Kleingrass 3
Panicum coloratum
Proso Millet 4
Panicum miliaceum
Torpedo grass 5
Panicum repens
Crimson Bluestem
Schizachyrium sanguineum
thatching grass
Hyparrhenia hirta
thatching grass 6
Hyparrhenia rufa
Kleberg's bluestem 7
Dichanthium annulatum
citronella grass 8
Cymbopogon nardus
Australian Bluestem 9
Bothriochloa bladhii
tanglehead 10
Heteropogon contortus
Sweet Tanglehead 11
Heteropogon melanocarpus
spiked crinkleawn 12
Trachypogon spicatus
Pan American Balsomscale 13
Elionurus tripsacoides
Itchgrass 4
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Hackelochloa granularis 14
Limpograss
Hemarthria altissima
Sorghum 15
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor arundinaceum 16
Sudangrass 17
Sorghum bicolor drummondii
Cogon Grass 18
Imperata cylindrica
Ditch millet 19
Paspalum scrobiculatum
rabbitfoot grass 20
Polypogon monspeliensis
giant reed 21
Arundo donax
common reed 22
Phragmites australis
sixweeks three-awn 23
Aristida adscensionis
common Mediterranean grass
Schismus barbatus
Sporobolus stapfianus 24
nine-awned pappus grass 23
Enneapogon desvauxii
Eragrostis aethiopica
Mediterranean lovegrass 13
Eragrostis barrelieri
stinkgrass 25
Eragrostis cilianensis
Gophertail Lovegrass 18
Eragrostis ciliaris
African love grass 26
Eragrostis curvula
African Lovegrass 27
Eragrostis echinochloidea
Lehmann's lovegrass 28
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Jersey Love-grass 29
Eragrostis pilosa
Eragrostis plana 30
Wilman lovegrass 31
Eragrostis superba
Teff 32
Eragrostis tef
Thimble Grass 17
Fingerhuthia africana
Microchloa kunthii
Dinebra retroflexa 33
Acrachne racemosa
Bermuda grass 34
Cynodon dactylon
sprangletop 35
Leptochloa fusca
Rhodes Grass 36
Chloris gayana
feather finger grass 37
Chloris virgata
Finger Millet 38
Eleusine coracana
african finger millet
Eleusine coracana africana
Goose Grass 39
Eleusine indica
African bur-grass 40
Tragus berteronianus
Tragus pedunculatus
European Bur-grass 41
Tragus racemosus
Durban Crowfoot 42
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
southern bulrush 43
Typha domingensis
Eriocaulon cinereum 7
African ansellia 44
Ansellia africana
Golden Harlequin 45
Eulophia speciosa
Habenaria armatissima
sisal 46
Agave sisalana
American century plant 47
Agave americana americana
Chlorophytum recurvifolium 48
Thick Slime-lily 49
Albuca setosa
Ledebouria apertiflora 50
Redsheath Woolseed 51
Eriospermum mackenii
Common Asparagus Fern 52
Asparagus setaceus
Onion Weed 53
Nothoscordum gracile
Vlei Nerine 54
Nerine laticoma
Bloodlily 55
Scadoxus multiflorus
Paintbrush lily 56
Scadoxus puniceus
Pancratium tenuifolium 57
Candelabra Aloe 58
Aloe arborescens
soap aloe 59
Aloe maculata
zebra leaf aloe 60
Aloe zebrina
brown-tongue lily
Ornithoglossum vulgare
flame lily
Gloriosa superba
Limnophyton angolense
Limnophyton obtusifolium 61
Butomopsis latifolia 61
Taro 62
Colocasia esculenta
water lettuce 63
Pistia stratiotes
lesser duckweed 64
Lemna aequinoctialis
Fat Duckweed 65
Lemna gibba
greater duckweed 66
Spirodela polyrhiza
Rootless Duckweed 67
Wolffia arrhiza
holly-leaved water-nymph 68
Najas marina
Longleaf Pondweed 69
Potamogeton nodosus
small pondweed 70
Potamogeton pusillus
Horned Pondweed 71
Zannichellia palustris
giant bird-of-paradise flower 72
Strelitzia nicolai
Reclining Date Palm 73
Phoenix reclinata
False Bromeliad Plant 74
Callisia fragrans
Purple heart 75
Tradescantia pallida
African Yellow Dayflower 76
Commelina africana
tropical spiderwort 77
Commelina benghalensis
climbing dayflower 78
Commelina diffusa
whitemouth dayflower
Commelina erecta
Rat's-ear 79
Commelina forskaolii

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