Hyparrhenia

Hyparrhenia

Taxobox
name = "Hyparrhenia"



image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Hyparrhenia rufa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Panicoideae
genus = "Hyparrhenia"
genus_authority = Andersson ex Fourn.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 55; see text

"Hyparrhenia" is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass. They are mostly native to tropical Africa; some can be found in warmer areas in temperate Eurasia. These are annual and perennial bunch grasses. The inflorescence branches into twin spikes of paired spikelets.

Species include:
*"Hyparrhenia anamesa"
*"Hyparrhenia arrhenobasis"
*"Hyparrhenia barteri"
*"Hyparrhenia coleotricha"
*"Hyparrhenia confinis"
*"Hyparrhenia exarmata"
*"Hyparrhenia figariana"
*"Hyparrhenia formosa"
*"Hyparrhenia gazensis"
*"Hyparrhenia hirta"
*"Hyparrhenia involucrata"
*"Hyparrhenia madaropoda"
*"Hyparrhenia multiplex"
*"Hyparrhenia nyassae"
*"Hyparrhenia praetermissa"
*"Hyparrhenia rudis"
*"Hyparrhenia rufa"
*"Hyparrhenia tamba"
*"Hyparrhenia umbrosa"

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9067 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Hyparrhenia&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HYPAR USDA Plants: North American Species]
* [http://www.junglephotos.com/africa/afplants/grasses/hyparrhenia.shtml Photo: Double Spikes]


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