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Hypseochloa

Hypseochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family.SpeciesHypseochloa cameroonensis C.E. Hubb. – southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania Hypseochloa matengoensis C.E. Hubb. – Matengo Highlands in Songea District of western Tanzania

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Hypseochloa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Agrostidinae
Genus: Hypseochloa
C.E.Hubb.
Type species
Hypseochloa cameroonensis

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

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References

  1. Umberto Quattrocchi (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. CRC Press. p. 1094. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
  2. Hubbard, Charles Edward 1936. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1936(5): 300, figure 1
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Hubbard, C. E. 1981. A new species of Hypseochloa (Gramineae). Kew Bulletin 36(1): 62.
  5. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557