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Maltebrunia

Maltebrunia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.SpeciesMaltebrunia leersioides Kunth – Madagascar Maltebrunia letestui (Koechlin) Koechlin – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo Maltebrunia maroana Aug.DC – Madagascar Maltebrunia schliebenii (Pilg.) C.E.Hubb. – Tanzaniaformerly included

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Maltebrunia
Maltebrunia leersioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Oryzoideae
Tribe: Oryzeae
Subtribe: Oryzinae
Genus: Maltebrunia
Kunth
Type species
Maltebrunia leersioides
Synonyms1
  • Oryza sect. Maltebrunia (Kunth) Rchb.

Maltebrunia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.234

Species56
  • Maltebrunia leersioides Kunth – Madagascar
  • Maltebrunia letestui (Koechlin) Koechlin – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo7
  • Maltebrunia maroana Aug.DC – Madagascar
  • Maltebrunia schliebenii (Pilg.) C.E.Hubb. – Tanzania
formerly included5

Maltebrunia prehensilis - Prosphytochloa prehensilis – South Africa, Eswatini

References

References

  1. Tropicos, Maltebrunia Kunth
  2. Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 6 in Latin
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
  5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. The Plant List search for Maltebrunia
  7. Hubbard, C. E. 1962. Tabula 3595. Maltebrunia gabonensis C. E. Hubbard. Gramineae. Tribus Oryzeae. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 36: tab. 3595, 1–3.