tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
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grasses
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 ...
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Phragmites
''Phragmites'' () is a genus of four species of large perennial reed grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world.
Taxonomy
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Molinia
''Molinia'', or moor grass, is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the grass family, native to damp moorland in Eurasia and northern Africa. They are both herbaceous perennial grasses.
The genus is named after Juan Ignacio Molina, ...
Crinipes
''Crinipes'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae−grass family native to central Africa.
Species
Species of ''Crinipes'' include:
* '' Crinipes abyssinicus'' (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Hochst. — endemic to Ethiopia
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Elytrophorus
''Elytrophorus'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.Pratochloa''
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Styppeiochloa
''Styppeiochloa'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
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* '' Styppeiochloa catherineana'' Cope & Ryves - Angola
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Hakonechloa
''Hakonechloa'' is a genus of bunchgrass in the tribe Molinieae of the grass family, Poaceae, native to eastern Asia.
''Hakonechloa macra'', with the common names Hakone grass and Japanese forest grass, is the only species in the monotypic genu ...
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Molinia
''Molinia'', or moor grass, is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the grass family, native to damp moorland in Eurasia and northern Africa. They are both herbaceous perennial grasses.
The genus is named after Juan Ignacio Molina, ...
Phragmites
''Phragmites'' () is a genus of four species of large perennial reed grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world.
Taxonomy
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Leptagrostis
''Leptagrostis'' is a genus of bunchgrasses in the tribe Molinieae of the grass family, Poaceae, native to eastern Africa.
The only known species is ''Leptagrostis schimperiana''. It is endemic to Ethiopia
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Piptophyllum
''Piptophyllum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Piptophyllum welwitschii'', native to Angola
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