Fingerhuthia Explained

Fingerhuthia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]} Common names are thimble grass^[3] and Zulu fescue.

Species^{[4] [5]}

• Fingerhuthia africana Nees ex Lehm. - South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan; naturalized in Pima County in Arizona in United States^[6]
• Fingerhuthia sesleriiformis Nees - South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia

External links

• Plants photographed on Kyffhäuser photo from Namibia
• Sanbi Red List of South African Plants

Notes and References

1. Lehmann, Johann Georg Christian. 1834. Semina in Horto Botanico Hamburgensi 1834: 7
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00248.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. Web site: Government of Namibia, 4th Definitive Stamp series, Biodiversity . 2015-03-28 . 2015-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093959/http://www.mountainstamp.com/Namibia%20pages/2007%20Definitive%20serie.html . dead .
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=417257 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Fingerhuthia The Plant List search for Fingerhuthia
6. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Fingerhuthia%20africana.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map