''Elymandra'' is a

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/ref> * '' Elymandra androphila'' (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola * '' Elymandra archaelymandra'' (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton - Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Sierra Leone * '' Elymandra gossweileri'' (Stapf) Clayton - from Senegal to Angola * '' Elymandra grallata'' (Stapf) Clayton from Gambia to KwaZulu-Natal * '' Elymandra lithophila'' (Trin.) Clayton - Brazil (State of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

), Zaïre to Zimbabwe * '' Elymandra subulata'' Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

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Panicoideae Poaceae genera {{Panicoideae-stub