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Tricholaena
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 97
- With media
- 82
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- NY, GH, MO, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), B, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Zambia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Brasil, Uganda, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
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Tricholaena is a genus of Asian, African, and Italian plants in the grass family. Species Tricholaena capensis (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Nees - Free State, Namibia, Cape Province Tricholaena monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - drier parts of Africa from Kenya to Cape Province; also Ghana, Togo, Madagascar, Réunion, Pakistan Tricholaena teneriffae (L.f.) Link - drier parts of Africa from Morocco to Egypt to Tanzania; Canary Islands; Cape Verde, Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, India, Pakistan, Calabria, Sicily Tricholaena vestita (Balf.f.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - Socotra formerly included see Brachiaria Digitaria Eriachne Melinis Miscanthus Paspalum Saccharum
==References==
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