Pogonarthria Explained

Pogonarthria is a genus of African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]}

Species^{[3] [4] [5]}

• Pogonarthria fleckii (Hack.) Hack. - Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia
• Pogonarthria leiarthra Hack. - Namibia
• Pogonarthria refracta Launert - Zambia
• Pogonarthria squarrosa (Roem. & Schult.) Pilg. - Africa from Ivory Coast to South Africa and Madagascar; naturalized in Arizona (Cochise and Pima Counties)^{[6] [7]}

Formerly included^[3] see Desmostachya Eragrostis

• Pogonarthria bipinnata - Desmostachya bipinnata
• Pogonarthria brainii - Eragrostis brainii

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30235916#page/328/mode/1up Stapf, Otto in Harvey, William Henry. 1898. Flora capensis :being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal (and neighbouring territories) 7: 316
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00500.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do;jsessionid=3B6A0F9D57DCA21F7E34DC70E74C49FC Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pogonarthria The Plant List search for Pogonarthria
5. Launert, E. 1966. A brief survey of the genus Pogonarthria. Senckenbergiana Biologica 47: 303–307
6. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Pogonarthria%20squarrosa.png Biota of North America Program 22013 county distribution map
7. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1340-3 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants