Anthephora

Anthephora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Anthephora Schreb.
Type species
Anthephora elegans Schreb.
Synonyms[1]
Hypudaeurus Rchb.

Anthephora is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands.^[2]

Species^[1][3]

1. Anthephora ampullacea - Guinea, Nigeria, Zaïre, Angola
2. Anthephora argentea - Namibia, Botswana, Cape Province
3. Anthephora cristata - Africa from Guinea to Angola
4. Anthephora elongata - Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
5. Anthephora hermaphrodita - Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies, Galápagos; naturalized in Florida, Hawaii
6. Anthephora laevis - Eritrea, Sudan, Israel, Palestine, Jordan
7. Anthephora nigritana - Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Congo Rep, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
8. Anthephora pubescens - dry Africa from Algeria to Somalia to Cape Province; Iran
9. Anthephora pungens - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
10. Anthephora schinzii - Angola, Botswana, Cape Province, Namibia
11. Anthephora truncata - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

formerly included^[1]

see Bouteloua Hilaria Tarigidia

• Anthephora aequiglumis - Tarigidia aequiglumis
• Anthephora axilliflora - Bouteloua dactyloides
• Anthephora belangeri - Hilaria belangeri
• Anthephora punctulata - Hilaria cenchroides

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
3. The Plant List search for Anthephora

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora