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Eragrostis capensis (Thunb.) Trin.

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Common names: Cape love grass, small heart-seed grass (Eng.), bosluisgras, hartjiegras, hartjie eragrostis (Afr.); baroa, baroana, la-barao, la-baroana, senana (Sesotho); umbimbane (isiZulu)

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Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch.

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Common names: silver-spike, cogon grass, cottonwool grass, beady grass, bedding grass, Ramsammy grass, river grass, silky grass, susenke, sword grass (Eng.); donsgras, sygras, beddingsgras, lalanggras, palinggras, silweraargras (Afr.); kxokwane, mohlaba-lerumo, mohlorumo, mothlorumo, qheme, tlhoromo (Sesotho); umthente (isiZulu)

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Tribolium uniolae (L.f.) Renvoize

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Common names: hare grass (Eng.); haasgras, koringgras (Afr.)

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Chloris gayana Kunth

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Common names: Hunyani grass, Rhodes grass, Rhodesian blue grass (Eng.); bruinvingergras, rhodes-gras, rooiklossiegras (Afr.); nyankomo, umyaka (isiZulu)

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Secale africanum Stapf.

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Common names: African rye, wild rye (Eng.); wilderog, Afrika-rog (Afr.)

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Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A.Rich.) Munro

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Common names: holy Venda bamboo, wild bamboo (Eng.); heilige Venda-bamboes, wilde-bamboes (Afr.); musununu (Ven.)

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Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kuntze

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Common names: wire grass, wire lemongrass, lemon grass, lemon-scented grass, matrass grass, silky grass, simon grass, sour grass, wine grass (Eng.); elsgras, haasgras, kleinhaasgras, koperdraadgras, krulgras, laventalgras, lekkerruikgras, lemoengras, matrasgras, polgras, suurgras, suurpol, wildebeesgras (Afr.); hlooko, motintsane, sehloko (Sesotho); isinama, isitshube (IsiZulu).

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Chloris virgata Sw.

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Common names: blue grass, feather finger grass, feathered chloris, hay grass, old land grass, sweet grass, white grass (Eng.); blougras, hooigras, katstertgras, klosgras, klossiesgras, kwasgras, oulandegras, paardgras, perdegras, spinnekopgras, witgras, witpluimchloris, witpluimgras, wollerigegras (Afr.); amafusine, umadolwana (isiZulu); sehabane (Sesotho); umadolwana (isiXhosa)

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Digitaria eriantha Steud.

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Common names: common finger grass, digit grass, giant pangola grass, Pongola finger grass, Smuts finger grass; woolly finger grass (Eng.); kortbeenhoenderspoor, kruisgras, Smutsvingergras, wolvingergras, (Afr.); isikonko (isiZulu); mangole maseka (Setswana); mmoyane, moeane ( Sesotho).

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Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

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Common names: rat’s tail dropseed, rat’s tail grass, rush grass, tough dropseed (Eng.); fynsaadgras, saadgras, taaipol, vleigras, rotstert, taaipolfynsaadgras (Afri.); matshiki (isiZulu)

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