Prosphytochloa

Prosphytochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4] The only known species is Prosphytochloa prehensilis, native to Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo.[1][5][6]

Prosphytochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Oryzoideae
Tribe: Oryzeae
Subtribe: Oryzinae
Genus: Prosphytochloa
Schweick.
Species:
P. prehensilis
Binomial name
Prosphytochloa prehensilis
(Nees) Schweick.
Synonyms[1]
  • Maltebrunia prehensilis Nees
  • Oryza prehensilis (Nees) Steud.
  • Potamophila prehensilis (Nees) Benth.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Schweickerdt, Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes. 1961. Der Züchter. Zeitschrift für Theoretische und Angewandte Genetik 31(4): 193–195
  3. Tropicos, Prosphytochloa Schweick.
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
  6. Sanbi Red List of South African Plants


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