| Hopia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Paspaleae |
| Subtribe: | Paspalinae |
| Genus: | Hopia Zuloaga & Morrone |
| Species: | H. obtusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Hopia obtusa | |
| Synonyms | |
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Panicum obtusum Kunth | |
Hopia obtusa is a species of grass commonly known as vine mesquite. This plant was treated as Panicum obtusum until recently when more molecular and genetic material revealed new information about it.[1] Hopia obtusa is now placed in the monotypic genus Hopia.[1]
- ^ a b Fernando O. Zuloaga, Liliana M. Giussani & Osvaldo Morrone (2007). "Hopia, a new monotypic genus segregated from Panicum (Poaceae)". Taxon. 56 (1): 145–156. doi:10.2307/25065745. JSTOR 25065745.