''Megaloprotachne'' is a
genus of
African plants in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
. The only known species is ''Megaloprotachne albescens'', native to
Angola,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe,
Botswana,
Namibia, and
South Africa (
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ...
,
North West, and
Limpopo)
[Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.]
References
Panicoideae
Grasses of Africa
Grasses of South Africa
Flora of Southern Africa
Flora of South Tropical Africa
Monotypic Poaceae genera
Taxa named by Charles Edward Hubbard
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