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Plants of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

A list of plant species found in the Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage Site in Tanzania, Africa. The list also includes plants found throughout the broader Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Taxonomy
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- Subfamily Chloridoideae
  - 7 Tribe Cynodonteae
  - 1 Tribe Eragrostideae

Eragrostis patula ¹
elastic grass

Cynodon dactylon ²
Scutch-grass

Cynodon nlemfuensis ³
African Bermudagrass

Cynodon plectostachyus ⁴
stargrass

Leptochloa fusca ⁵
Brown Beetle-grass

Chloris gayana ⁶
Rhodes grass

Chloris pycnothrix ³
spiderweb chloris

Dactyloctenium aegyptium ⁷
Durban Crow-foot Grass

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Plants of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Eragrostis patula 1 elastic grass

Cynodon dactylon 2 Scutch-grass

Cynodon nlemfuensis 3 African Bermudagrass

Cynodon plectostachyus 4 stargrass

Leptochloa fusca 5 Brown Beetle-grass

Chloris gayana 6 Rhodes grass

Chloris pycnothrix 3 spiderweb chloris

Dactyloctenium aegyptium 7 Durban Crow-foot Grass