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Hylebates

Hylebates is a genus of African plants in the grass family.SpeciesHylebates chlorochloe (K.Schum.) Napper – Tanzania, Kenya Hylebates cordatus Chippind. – Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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Hylebates
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Genus: Hylebates
Chippind.
Type species
Hylebates cordatus

Hylebates is a genus of African plants in the grass family.12

Species3456
References

References

  1. Chippindall, Lucy Katherine Armitage 1945. Journal of South African Botany 11: 127-128
  2. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. The Plant List search for Hylebates
  5. Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  6. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.