| Craspedorhachis | |
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| Craspedorhachis africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Farragininae |
| Genus: | Craspedorhachis Benth. |
| Type species | |
| Craspedorhachis africana | |
Craspedorhachis is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4][5]
- Craspedorhachis africana Benth. - Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Limpopo
- Craspedorhachis digitata Kupicha & Cope - Zimbabwe
- Craspedorhachis rhodesiana Rendle - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia
- formerly included[6]
Several names have been coined with the name Craspedorhachis but refer to species now considered better suited to other genera (Dinebra Trigonochloa and Willkommia). Here are links to help you find more information.
- Craspedorhachis menyharthii - Trigonochloa uniflora
- Craspedorhachis perrieri - Dinebra perrieri
- Craspedorhachis sarmentosa - Willkommia sarmentosa
- Craspedorhachis texana - Willkommia texana
- Craspedorhachis uniflora - Trigonochloa uniflora
- ^ Bentham, George. 1882. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 14: page 58 descriptions in Latin, commentary and figure captions in English
- ^ Bentham, George. 1882. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 14: plate 1377 line drawing of Craspedorhachis africana
- ^ Tropicos, Craspedorhachis Benth.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko & Y. Herrera Arrieta. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cteniinae, Farragininae, Gouiniinae, Gymnopogoninae, Perotidinae, and Trichoneurinae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 63(2): 275–286
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- ^ Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
- ^ Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris