Grasses of Southern Africa

Southern African poaceae

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bristly dogtail grass ¹
Cynosurus echinatus

Maize ²
Zea mays

Hairy Crabgrass ³
Digitaria sanguinalis

Silver Hairgrass ⁴
Aira caryophyllea

slender wild oat ⁵
Avena barbata

wild oat ⁶
Avena fatua

great brome ⁷
Bromus diandrus

common soft brome ⁸
Bromus hordeaceus

orchard grass ⁹
Dactylis glomerata

Yorkshire fog ¹⁰
Holcus lanatus

wall barley ¹¹
Hordeum murinum

Perennial Ryegrass ¹²
Lolium perenne

Annual Meadow-grass ¹³
Poa annua

Rat's-tail Fescue ¹⁴
Vulpia myuros

Greater Quaking Grass ¹⁵
Briza maxima

Little quaking-grass ¹⁶
Briza minor

Barley ¹⁷
Hordeum vulgare

rabbitfoot grass ¹⁸
Polypogon monspeliensis

Bermuda grass ¹⁹
Cynodon dactylon

common Mediterranean grass
Schismus barbatus

Johnson grass ³
Sorghum halepense

Sorghum ²⁰
Sorghum bicolor

Rescue Brome ²¹
Bromus catharticus

barnyardgrass ²²
Echinochloa crus-galli

Dallis grass ²³
Paspalum dilatatum

knot grass ²⁴
Paspalum distichum

African bristlegrass ³
Setaria sphacelata

European marram grass ²⁵
Ammophila arenaria

Hare's Tail Grass ²⁶
Lagurus ovatus

feather finger grass ²⁷
Chloris virgata

elephant grass ²⁸
Pennisetum purpureum

Barley Grass
Hordeum murinum murinum

giant reed ²⁹
Arundo donax

Spanish reed
Arundo donax versicolor

panic veldtgrass ³⁰
Ehrharta erecta

water beard grass ³¹
Polypogon viridis

Bread Wheat ³²
Triticum aestivum

common reed ³³
Phragmites australis

Pampas Grass ³⁴
Cortaderia selloana

Italian Ryegrass ³⁵
Lolium multiflorum

Creeping Bent ³⁶
Agrostis stolonifera

sixweeks three-awn ³⁷
Aristida adscensionis

Meadow Brome ³⁸
Bromus commutatus

Rhodes Grass ³⁹
Chloris gayana

Durban Crowfoot ⁴⁰
Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Perennial Veldtgrass ⁴¹
Ehrharta calycina

Longflower Veldtgrass ⁴²
Ehrharta longiflora

Finger Millet ⁴³
Eleusine coracana

Goose Grass ⁴⁴
Eleusine indica

nine-awned pappus grass ³⁷
Enneapogon desvauxii

stinkgrass ³
Eragrostis cilianensis

African love grass ⁴⁵
Eragrostis curvula

Lehmann's lovegrass ⁶
Eragrostis lehmanniana

tanglehead ⁴⁶
Heteropogon contortus

thatching grass
Hyparrhenia hirta

sprangletop ⁴⁷
Leptochloa fusca

Natal grass ⁴⁸
Melinis repens

Vasey Grass ⁴⁹
Paspalum urvillei

seashore paspalum ⁴¹
Paspalum vaginatum

fishpole bamboo ³⁶
Phyllostachys aurea

hooked bristle grass ⁵⁰
Setaria verticillata

Saint Augustine grass ⁵¹
Stenotaphrum secundatum

cape ricegrass ⁵
Stipa capensis

african finger millet
Eleusine coracana africana

ruby grass ⁵²
Melinis repens repens

golden bamboo ⁵³
Bambusa vulgaris

Lemon Grass ⁵⁴
Cymbopogon citratus

Sugarcane ⁵⁵
Saccharum officinarum

Ctenium concinnum ⁵⁶

Sporobolus discosporus ⁵⁷

Vetiver ⁵⁸
Chrysopogon zizanioides

Oxyrhachis gracillima

Job's Tears ⁵⁰
Coix lacryma-jobi

Indian sandbur ⁵⁹
Cenchrus biflorus

wool grass ⁶⁰
Anthephora pubescens

Thimble Grass ⁶¹
Fingerhuthia africana

Fingerhuthia sesleriiformis ⁶²

Limpograss
Hemarthria altissima

Achnatherum clandestinum ⁶³

hedge bamboo ²⁵
Bambusa multiplex

Brachiaria arrecta

Brachiaria eruciformis ⁶⁴

Quaking-grass ⁶⁵
Briza media

slimbristle sandbur ⁶⁶
Cenchrus brownii

Cladoraphis cyperoides ⁶⁷

Digitgrass ⁶⁸
Digitaria eriantha

Gophertail Lovegrass ⁵⁰
Eragrostis ciliaris

African Lovegrass ⁶⁹
Eragrostis echinochloidea

Eragrostis plana ⁶²

Wilman lovegrass ⁷⁰
Eragrostis superba

Cogon Grass ⁵⁰
Imperata cylindrica

Native rice grass ⁵⁰
Leersia hexandra

tall fescue ⁴¹
Lolium arundinaceum

Mediterraean Rye-grass
Lolium rigidum

Chinese silver grass ⁵⁰
Miscanthus sinensis

Chilean Needle Grass ³
Nassella neesiana

Olyra latifolia ⁷¹

Basket Grass ⁷²
Oplismenus hirtellus

Kleingrass ⁷³
Panicum coloratum

Bahia grass ⁷⁴
Paspalum notatum

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