Sclerodactylon | |
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The grass in the foreground is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
Genus: | Sclerodactylon Stapf |
Species: | S. macrostachyum
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Binomial name | |
Sclerodactylon macrostachyum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Sclerodactylon is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.[2][3]
The only known species is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum, native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Aldabra, Seychelles, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.[1][4][5][6]
see Acrachne