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Genus: Echinochloa

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Monocotyledons >  Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae

There are 30-40 species worldwide (tropical and warm temperate regions) of which nine are native to southern Africa. 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Echinochloa colona 

 

Echinochloa crus-galli

 

Echinochloa crus-pavonis

 

Echinochloa haploclada

 

Echinochloa holubii

 

Echinochloa jubata

 

Echinochloa pyramidalis

 

Echinochloa stagnina

 

Echinochloa ugandensis

 

 


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