''Hyparrhenia'' is a genus of

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. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass. They are mostly native to tropical

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; some can be found in warmer areas in temperate

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. These are annual and perennial bunch grasses. The

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branches into twin spikes of paired spikelets.Sanbi, Red List of South African Plants
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/ref> * '' Hyparrhenia anamesa'' - dry Africa from Ethiopia to Cape Province * '' Hyparrhenia andongensis'' - Angola * '' Hyparrhenia anemopaegma'' - Zambia * ''

Hyparrhenia anthistirioides ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - dry Africa from Eritrea to Malawi * ''

Hyparrhenia arrhenobasis ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - Ethiopia * ''

Hyparrhenia bagirmica ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - West Africa * ''

Hyparrhenia barteri ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - from Burkina Faso to Malawi * ''

Hyparrhenia bracteata ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - Africa (from Mali to Zimbabwe), Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea, Latin America (from

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to Paraná) * ''

Hyparrhenia claytonii ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - Ethiopia * ''

Hyparrhenia coleotricha ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen * ''

Hyparrhenia collina ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - dry Africa from Nigeria to Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal * ''

Hyparrhenia confinis ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - tropical Africa from Zaïre to Ethiopia * ''

Hyparrhenia coriacea ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - Central African Rep * ''

Hyparrhenia cyanescens ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' from Gambia to Zaïre * ''

Hyparrhenia cymbaria ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, India * ''

Hyparrhenia dichroa ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - from Djibouti to KwaZulu-Natal * ''

Hyparrhenia diplandra ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - tropical Africa, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Sulawesi * ''

Hyparrhenia dregeana ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - from Yemen and Eritrea to Eswatini * ''

Hyparrhenia dybowskii ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - Zaïre, Central African Rep * ''

Hyparrhenia exarmata ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - from Mali to Kenya * ''

Hyparrhenia familiaris ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - from Guinea to Angola * ''

Hyparrhenia figariana ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - from Nigeria to Tanzania * ''

Hyparrhenia filipendula ''Hyparrhenia filipendula'' is a species of perennial bunchgrass commonly known as Tambookie grass, fine thatching grass, and fine hood grass. It grows to a height of . Distribution ''Hyparrhenia filipendula'' has a widespread native distributio ...

'' - from Guinea to KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar, Yunnan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales * '' Hyparrhenia finitima'' - from Sierra Leone to Mpumalanga * '' Hyparrhenia formosa'' - from Ethiopia + Yemen to Malawi * ''

Hyparrhenia gazensis ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - from Uganda to KwaZulu-Natal * ''

Hyparrhenia glabriuscula ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - tropical Africa * '' Hyparrhenia gossweileri'' - Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia * '' Hyparrhenia griffithii'' - Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Madagascar, Yunnan, Assam, Myanmar, Vietnam * ''

Hyparrhenia hirta ''Hyparrhenia hirta'' is a species of grass known by the common names common thatching grass and Coolatai grass. It is native to much of Africa and Eurasia, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species. In eastern Australia it is ...

'' - Africa, southern Europe, southwest Asia from France to Cape Province to Pakistan; naturalized in scattered sites in Australia, North + South America * '' Hyparrhenia involucrata'' - from Burkina Faso to Congo Rep * ''

Hyparrhenia madaropoda ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - from South Sudan to Mozambique * '' Hyparrhenia mobukensis'' - from Ethiopia to Malawi * '' Hyparrhenia multiplex'' - Ethiopia + Sudan * ''

Hyparrhenia neglecta ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - Ethiopia * ''

Hyparrhenia newtonii ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - Africa (from Guinea to Swaziland), Madagascar, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea * '' Hyparrhenia niariensis'' - from Cameroon to Zambia * ''

Hyparrhenia nyassae ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - tropical Africa, Madagascar, Thailand, Vietnam * '' Hyparrhenia papillipes'' - Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Yemen, Tanzania, Madagascar * '' Hyparrhenia pilgeriana'' - from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal * '' Hyparrhenia pilosa'' - Central African Rep * '' Hyparrhenia poecilotricha'' - from Guinea to KwaZulu-Natal * ''

Hyparrhenia praetermissa ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

'' - Sulawesi * '' Hyparrhenia quarrei'' - from Yemen to Nigeria + KwaZulu-Natal * '' Hyparrhenia rudis'' - tropical Africa, Madagascar * ''

Hyparrhenia rufa ''Hyparrhenia rufa'' is a species of grass known by the common names jaraguá,''Hy ...

'' - tropical - southern Africa; Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand; naturalized in Florida, Texas, Latin America (from Chihuahua to Paraguay); various islands in Caribbean, Pacific, Indian Ocean * '' Hyparrhenia schimperi'' - from Ethiopia to Cape Province; Madagascar * '' Hyparrhenia smithiana'' - from Guinea to Congo Rep * '' Hyparrhenia subplumosa'' - from Guinea to Zimbabwe * '' Hyparrhenia tamba'' - from Eritrea to Lesotho * ''

Hyparrhenia tuberculata ''Hyparrhenia'' is a genus of Poaceae, 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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual ...

'' - Ethiopia * ''

Hyparrhenia umbrosa ''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, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and per ...

'' - from Nigeria to KwaZulu-Natal; Comoros * '' Hyparrhenia variabilis'' - from Yemen + Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal; Comoros, Madagascar * '' Hyparrhenia violascens'' - Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon * '' Hyparrhenia welwitschii'' - from Guinea to Zimbabwe; Comoros * '' Hyparrhenia wombaliensis'' - Cameroon, Congo Rep, Zaïre ; formerly included see ''

Andropogon ''Andropogon'' ( common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands. Over 100 spec ...

Elymandra ''Elymandra'' is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family. Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil. ; Species * '' Elymandra androphila'' (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola * '' Elymandra arch ...

Exotheca ''Exotheca'' is a monotypic genus of African and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Exotheca abyssinica'', which has a disjunct (discontinuous) distribution. It is native to Vietnam and also to eastern and s ...

Hyperthelia ''Hyperthelia'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Hyperthelia colobantha'' Clayton - Central African Rep * '' Hyperthelia cornucopiae'' (Hack.) Clayton - Central African Rep, Chad, South Sudan * '' Hyperthelia di ...

Parahyparrhenia ''Parahyparrhenia'' is a genus of Afro-Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Parahyparrhenia annua'' (Hack.) Clayton - Sahara + Sahel regions of Africa * ''Parahyparrhenia bellariensis'' (Hack.) Clayton - Andhra PradeshLandge, Shahid ...

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

Grass Manual Treatment

USDA Plants: North American Species

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