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Miscanthidium

Miscanthidium is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family, Poaceae. It includes two species native to eastern and southern Africa.Miscanthidium junceum (Stapf) Stapf – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa Miscanthidium violaceum (K.Schum.) Robyns – Uganda and Kenya to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Andropogoninae
Genus: Miscanthidium
Stapf (1917)
Species1
  • Miscanthidium junceum (Stapf) Stapf
  • Miscanthidium violaceum (K.Schum.) Robyns

Miscanthidium is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family, Poaceae. It includes two species native to eastern and southern Africa.1

  • Miscanthidium junceum (Stapf) Stapf – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa
  • Miscanthidium violaceum (K.Schum.) Robyns – Uganda and Kenya to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia
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