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, and Latin America. These are annual and perennial bunch grasses. The inflorescence 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'' - dry Africa from Eritrea to Malawi * '' Hyparrhenia arrhenobasis'' - Ethiopia * '' Hyparrhenia bagirmica'' - West Africa * '' Hyparrhenia barteri'' - from Burkina Faso to Malawi * '' Hyparrhenia bracteata'' - Africa (from Mali to Zimbabwe), Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea, Latin America (from Veracruz to Paraná) * '' Hyparrhenia claytonii'' - Ethiopia * '' Hyparrhenia coleotricha'' - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen * '' Hyparrhenia collina'' - dry Africa from Nigeria to Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal * '' Hyparrhenia confinis'' - tropical Africa from Zaïre to Ethiopia * '' Hyparrhenia coriacea'' - Central African Rep * '' Hyparrhenia cyanescens'' from Gambia to Zaïre * '' Hyparrhenia cymbaria'' - Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, India * '' Hyparrhenia dichroa'' - from Djibouti to KwaZulu-Natal * '' Hyparrhenia diplandra'' - tropical Africa, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Sulawesi * '' Hyparrhenia dregeana'' - from Yemen and Eritrea to Eswatini * '' Hyparrhenia dybowskii'' - Zaïre, Central African Rep * '' Hyparrhenia exarmata'' - from Mali to Kenya * '' Hyparrhenia familiaris'' - from Guinea to Angola * '' Hyparrhenia figariana'' - 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'' - from Uganda to KwaZulu-Natal * '' Hyparrhenia glabriuscula'' - 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'' - from South Sudan to Mozambique * '' Hyparrhenia mobukensis'' - from Ethiopia to Malawi * '' Hyparrhenia multiplex'' - Ethiopia + Sudan * '' Hyparrhenia neglecta'' - Ethiopia * '' Hyparrhenia newtonii'' - Africa (from Guinea to Swaziland), Madagascar, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea * ''

Hyparrhenia niariensis ''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 ...

'' - from Cameroon to Zambia * '' Hyparrhenia nyassae'' - 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'' - Sulawesi * '' Hyparrhenia quarrei'' - from Yemen to Nigeria + KwaZulu-Natal * '' Hyparrhenia rudis'' - tropical Africa, Madagascar * '' Hyparrhenia rufa'' - 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 ''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 ...

'' - from Eritrea to Lesotho * '' Hyparrhenia tuberculata'' - Ethiopia * '' Hyparrhenia umbrosa'' - from Nigeria to KwaZulu-Natal; Comoros * '' Hyparrhenia variabilis'' - from Yemen + Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal; Comoros, Madagascar * ''

Hyparrhenia violascens ''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 ...

'' - 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 ...

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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 ...

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References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

Grass Manual Treatment

USDA Plants: North American Species

Photo: Double Spikes
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