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Flowering plants of Botswana

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

swamp sawgrass 1
Cladium mariscus
tuberous bulrush 2
Bolboschoenus glaucus
Common Fringe-rush 3
Fimbristylis dichotoma
flatsedges 4
Cyperus
Cyperus amabilis 5
Jointed Flatsedge 6
Cyperus articulatus
Poorland Flatsedge 7
Cyperus compressus
Purple Umbrella Sedge 8
Cyperus congestus
Cyperus cuspidatus 9
Variable Flatsedge 10
Cyperus difformis
Finger Flatsedge 11
Cyperus digitatus
Slender cyperus, Laxspiculate Galingale (Loose-spiked Galingale) 12
Cyperus distans
Cyperus dubius 13
yellow nutsedge 14
Cyperus esculentus
Yellow Flatsedge 15
Cyperus flavescens
Rice flat-sedge 16
Cyperus iria
Smooth Flatsedge 17
Cyperus laevigatus
Papyrus sedge 18
Cyperus papyrus
Bunchy flat-sedge 19
Cyperus polystachyos
Annual Flat-sedge 20
Cyperus pumilus
Purple nutsedge 21
Cyperus rotundus
Bearded Flatsedge 22
Cyperus squarrosus
Cyperus turrillii
Eleocharis acutangula 20
purple spikerush 23
Eleocharis atropurpurea
Eleocharis decoriglumis
Water Chestnut 24
Eleocharis dulcis
Eleocharis retroflexa
lakeshore nutrush 25
Scleria lacustris
Leersia friesii
Native rice grass 16
Leersia hexandra
wool grass 26
Anthephora pubescens
Tropical Finger-grass 27
Digitaria ciliaris
Digitgrass 28
Digitaria eriantha
Digitaria longiflora 29
Digitaria milanjiana
Hairy Crabgrass 30
Digitaria sanguinalis
Digitaria velutina
Basket Grass 31
Oplismenus hirtellus
Jungle Rice 32
Echinochloa colona
barnyardgrass 33
Echinochloa crus-galli
Echinochloa stagnina 34
African bristlegrass 30
Setaria sphacelata
hooked bristle grass 16
Setaria verticillata
pearl millet 35
Pennisetum glaucum
elephant grass 36
Pennisetum purpureum
Indian sandbur 37
Cenchrus biflorus
buffelgrass 38
Cenchrus ciliaris
Brachiaria arrecta
Brachiaria eruciformis 39
Bushveld Signal Grass 40
Urochloa mosambicensis
Liverseed Grass 41
Urochloa panicoides
Eriochloa fatmensis
Natal grass 42
Melinis repens
ruby grass 43
Melinis repens repens
Kleingrass 44
Panicum coloratum
Proso Millet 4
Panicum miliaceum
Torpedo grass 29
Panicum repens
Crimson Bluestem
Schizachyrium sanguineum
thatching grass
Hyparrhenia hirta
thatching grass 45
Hyparrhenia rufa
Kleberg's bluestem 46
Dichanthium annulatum
citronella grass 47
Cymbopogon nardus
Australian Bluestem 48
Bothriochloa bladhii
tanglehead 49
Heteropogon contortus
Sweet Tanglehead 50
Heteropogon melanocarpus
spiked crinkleawn 51
Trachypogon spicatus
Pan American Balsomscale 52
Elionurus tripsacoides
Itchgrass 4
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Hackelochloa granularis 20
Limpograss
Hemarthria altissima
Sorghum 53
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor arundinaceum 54
Sudangrass 55
Sorghum bicolor drummondii
Cogon Grass 16
Imperata cylindrica
Ditch millet 56
Paspalum scrobiculatum
rabbitfoot grass 57
Polypogon monspeliensis
giant reed 58
Arundo donax
common reed 59
Phragmites australis
sixweeks three-awn 60
Aristida adscensionis
common Mediterranean grass
Schismus barbatus
Sporobolus stapfianus 61
nine-awned pappus grass 60
Enneapogon desvauxii
Eragrostis aethiopica
Mediterranean lovegrass 52
Eragrostis barrelieri
stinkgrass 30
Eragrostis cilianensis
Gophertail Lovegrass 16
Eragrostis ciliaris
African love grass 62
Eragrostis curvula
African Lovegrass 63
Eragrostis echinochloidea
Lehmann's lovegrass 64
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Jersey Love-grass 65
Eragrostis pilosa
Eragrostis plana 66
Wilman lovegrass 67
Eragrostis superba
Teff 68
Eragrostis tef
Thimble Grass 55
Fingerhuthia africana
Microchloa kunthii
Dinebra retroflexa 69
Acrachne racemosa
Bermuda grass 70
Cynodon dactylon
sprangletop 71
Leptochloa fusca

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