Elymandra

Elymandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Elymandra
Stapf
Type species
Elymandra androphila
(Stapf) Stapf
Synonyms[1]

Pleiadelphia Stapf

Elymandra is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family.[2][3] All the known species are native to Africa; one is found also in Brazil.[4]

Species[1][5]
  1. Elymandra androphila (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola
  2. Elymandra archaelymandra (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton - Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Sierra Leone
  3. Elymandra gossweileri (Stapf) Clayton - from Senegal to Angola
  4. Elymandra grallata (Stapf) Clayton from Gambia to KwaZulu-Natal
  5. Elymandra lithophila (Trin.) Clayton - Brazil (State of Minas Gerais), Zaïre to Zimbabwe
  6. Elymandra subulata Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 407
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Elymandra Stapf
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ The Plant List search for Elymandra
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