''Harpochloa'' is a

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of African plants in the grass family, common name caterpillar grass.Tropicos, ''Harpochloa'' Kunth
/ref> SpeciesGibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2). * '' Harpochloa falx'' (L.f.) Kuntze - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho,

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, Eswatini, Free State, Mpumalanga * '' Harpochloa pseudoharpechloa'' (Chiov.) Clayton -

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formerly includedKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> : see '' Microchloa'' * ''Harpochloa altera - Microchloa altera''

References

Chloridoideae Poaceae genera Flora of Africa {{Chloridoideae-stub