Anthephora Explained

Anthephora is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands.^[1]

Species^{[2] [3]}

• Anthephora ampullacea - Guinea, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
• Anthephora argentea - Namibia, Botswana, Cape Province
• Anthephora cristata - from Guinea to Angola
• Anthephora elongata - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
• Anthephora hermaphrodita - Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies, Galápagos; naturalized in Florida, Hawaii
• Anthephora laevis - Eritrea, Sudan, Israel, Palestine, Jordan
• Anthephora nigritana - Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
• Anthephora pubescens - dry Africa from Algeria to Somalia to Cape Province; Iran
• Anthephora pungens - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
• Anthephora schinzii - Angola, Botswana, Cape Province, Namibia
• Anthephora truncata - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

formerly included^[2] 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

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . 2009-08-19 . Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. . 2008 . The Grass Genera of the World .
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=393790 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Anthephora The Plant List search for Anthephora