''Anthephora'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands. ; SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>The Plant List search for ''Anthephora''
/ref> * '' Anthephora ampullacea'' - Guinea, Nigeria,

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

* '' Anthephora argentea'' - Namibia, Botswana,

Cape Province The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ( af, Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( af, Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape ( af, Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequen ...

* '' Anthephora cristata'' - from Guinea to Angola * '' Anthephora elongata'' - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia * '' Anthephora hermaphrodita'' - Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies, Galápagos; naturalized in Florida, Hawaii * '' Anthephora laevis'' - Eritrea, Sudan,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, Palestine, Jordan * '' Anthephora nigritana'' -

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesNigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia * '' Anthephora pubescens'' - dry Africa from Algeria to Somalia to Cape Province; Iran * '' Anthephora pungens'' - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia * '' Anthephora schinzii'' - Angola, Botswana, Cape Province, Namibia * '' Anthephora truncata'' - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe ; formerly included see ''

Bouteloua ''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass. Taxonomy and systematics The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths ...

Hilaria The Hilaria (; Latin "the cheerful ones", a term derived from the borrowed adjective grc, ἱλαρός "cheerful, merry") were ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox to honor Cybele. Origins The term seems origi ...

Tarigidia'' * ''Anthephora aequiglumis - Tarigidia aequiglumis'' * ''Anthephora axilliflora -

Bouteloua dactyloides ''Bouteloua dactyloides'', commonly known as buffalograss or a buffalo grass, is a North American prairie grass native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is a shortgrass found mainly on the High Plains and is co-dominant with blue gra ...

'' * ''Anthephora belangeri - Hilaria belangeri'' * ''Anthephora punctulata - Hilaria cenchroides''

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Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Panicoideae Poaceae genera {{Panicoideae-stub

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