Megaloprotachne Explained

Megaloprotachne is a genus of African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3]} The only known species is Megaloprotachne albescens, native to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa (Northern Cape, North West, and Limpopo)^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Hubbard, Charles Edward 1929. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1929: 320–321
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40015695 Tropicos, Megaloprotachne C.E.Hubb.
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00371.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://sibis.sanbi.org/faces/Mapping/Map.jsp?1=1 Sibis, Sanbi, distribution map for Megaloprotachne albescens
5. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
6. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
7. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.