Biology:Triraphis

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Triraphis
Triraphis habit.jpg
Triraphis mollis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Triraphideae
Genus: Triraphis
R.Br.
Type species
Triraphis pungens

Triraphis is a genus of African, Arabian, Australia n, and Brazil ian plants in the grass family.[4] Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]

Species[6]
  • Triraphis andropogonoides (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho
  • Triraphis compacta Cope, - Ethiopia
  • Triraphis devia Filg. & Zuloaga, - State of Goiás in Brazil
  • Triraphis mollis R.Br., - Australia (Northern Territory plus all states except Tasmania); naturalized in Britain, Belgium, Texas
  • Triraphis pumilio R.Br., - Angola, Namibia, Sahara, Arabian Pen
  • Triraphis purpurea Hack., - Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana
  • Triraphis ramosissima Hack., - Angola, Namibia, South Africa
  • Triraphis schinzii Hack., Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia
formerly included[6]

see Cortaderia Crinipes Eriachne Nematopoa Pentameris Triodia


References

Wikidata ☰ Q2377398 entry