Species list: Grasses
Approximately 111 species of grasses are known or expected to occur in the Mudumu Landscape:
Scientific name |
Acroceras macrum |
Andropogon chinensis |
Andropogon eucomus |
Andropogon gayanus |
Andropogon huillensis |
Andropogon schirensis |
Anthephora pubescens |
Aristida adscensionis |
Aristida congesta |
Aristida junciformis |
Aristida meridionalis |
Aristida pilgeri |
Aristida rhiniochloa |
Aristida scabrivalvis |
Aristida stipitata |
Aristida stipoides |
Bothriochloa bladhii |
Bothriochloa insculpta |
Bothriochloa radicans |
Brachiaria brizantha |
Bachiaria deflexa |
Brachiaria dura |
Bachiaria eruciformis |
Brachiaria nigropedata |
Cenchrus ciliaris |
Chloris virgata |
Chloris gayana |
Cymbopogon caesius |
Cymbopogon excavatus |
Cynodon dactylon |
Dactyloctenium aegyptium |
Dactyloctenium giganteum |
Dichanthium annulatum |
Digitaria eriantha |
Digitaria sanguinalis |
Digitaria velutina |
Diplachne fusca |
Echinochloa colona |
Echinochloa holubii |
Echinochloa pyramidalis |
Eleusine coracana |
Elionurus muticus |
Enneapogon cenchroides |
Enneapogon desvauxii |
Enteropogon macrostachyus |
Eragrostis aspera |
Eragrostis cilianensis |
Eragrostis echinochloidea |
Eragrostis gummiflua |
Eragrostis heteromera |
Eragrostis inamoena |
Eragrostis lehmanniana |
Eragrostis nindensis |
Eragrostis pallens |
Eragrostis porosa |
Eragrostis rigidior |
Eragrostis rotifer |
Eragrostis superba |
Eragrostis trichophora |
Eragrostis viscosa |
Eriochloa meyeriana |
Hemarthria altissima |
Heteropogon contortus |
Heteropogon melanocarpus |
Hyparrhenia rufa |
Hyperthelia dissoluta |
Imperata cylindrica |
Ischaemum fasciculatum |
Ischaemum afrum |
Leersia hexandra |
Leptochloa fusca |
Miscanthus junceus |
Melinis repens |
Melinis villosum |
Panicum coloratum |
Panicum kalaharense |
Panicum maximum |
Panicum repens |
Paspalum scrobiculatum |
Perotis patens |
Pogonarthria fleckii |
Pogonarthria squarrosa |
Schmidtia kalahariensis |
Schmidtia pappophoroides |
Schizachyrium exile |
Schizachyrium jeffreysii |
Schizachyrium sanguineum |
Setaria sagittifolia |
Setaria sphacelata |
Setaria verticillata |
Sorghum bicolor |
Sorghum versicolor |
Sporobolus africanus |
Sporobolus festivus |
Sporobolus fimbriatus |
Sporobolus ioclados |
Sporobolus stapfianus |
Sporobolus panicoides |
Sporobolus pyramidalis |
Stipagrostis hirtigluma |
Stipagrostis uniplumis |
Themeda triandra |
Trachypogon spicatus |
Tricholaena monachne |
Trichoneura grandiglumis |
Tragus berteronianus |
Urochloa brachyura |
Urochloa mosambicensis |
Urochloa oligotricha |
Urochloa trichopus |
Willkommia sarmentosa |
Source: this list is based on an ecological assessment of the Mudumu landfill by P. Cunningham.