Harpochloa Explained

Harpochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family, common name caterpillar grass.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species^{[5] [6]}

• Harpochloa falx (L.f.) Kuntze - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Gauteng, Eswatini, Free State, Mpumalanga
• Harpochloa pseudoharpechloa (Chiov.) Clayton - Zaïre, Zambia, Angola

formerly included^[7]

see Microchloa

• Harpochloa altera - Microchloa altera

Notes and References

1. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021392 Tropicos, Harpochloa Kunth
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/682027#page/93/mode/1up Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 92
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00276.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. Web site: PlantZAfrica.com, Harpochloa falx (L.f.) Kuntze, caterpillar grass (Eng.), ruspergras (Afr.) . 2015-03-06 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924093751/http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/harpochfalx.htm . dead .
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Harpochloa The Plant List search for Harpochloa
6. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
7. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=418304 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families