Elymandra Explained

Elymandra is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]} Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil.^[3]

Species^[4]

• Elymandra androphila (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola
• Elymandra archaelymandra (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton - Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Sierra Leone
• Elymandra gossweileri (Stapf) Clayton - from Senegal to Angola
• Elymandra grallata (Stapf) Clayton from Gambia to KwaZulu-Natal
• Elymandra lithophila (Trin.) Clayton - Brazil (State of Minas Gerais), Zaïre to Zimbabwe
• Elymandra subulata Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

Notes and References

1. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 407
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002463 Tropicos, Elymandra Stapf
3. Web site: RBG Kew: GrassBase - Elymandra Description. 2021-05-05. www.kew.org.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Elymandra The Plant List search for Elymandra