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Monocymbium ceresiiforme

Common names: boat grass, oat grass, wild oatgrass (Eng.); bootjiegras, hawergras, wildehawergras (Afr.); meseletso, mobeseletso (Sesotho); tshinwamulwadze (Tshiven

Family: Poaceae

| Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Hemarthria altissima

Common names: red vlei grass, Batavian quick grass, red swamp grass, swamp couch (Eng.); Bataviese kweek, perdegras, perdekweek, rooikweek, rooivleigras (Afr.); mar

Family: Poaceae

| Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Setaria megaphylla

Common names: ribbon grass, broad-leafed bristle grass

Family: Poaceae

29 / 04 / 2002 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Harpochloa falx

Common names: caterpillar grass (Eng.), ruspergras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

17 / 02 / 2003 | Isabel Johnson | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Melinis nerviglumis

Common names: bristle-leaved red-top grass (Eng.); ferweelgras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

24 / 02 / 2003 | Isabel Johnson | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Themeda triandra

Common names: red grass (Eng.); rooigras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

12 / 04 / 2004 | L Fish | National Herbarium Pretoria

Melica decumbens

Common names: staggers grass (Eng.); dronkgras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

19 / 04 / 2004 | L Fish | National Herbarium Pretoria

Sorghum bicolor

Common names: sorghum (Eng.); graansorghum (Afr); mabele (Pedi,Sotho,Ndebele); amabele(Z); amazimba (Xhosa)

Family: Poaceae

31 / 01 / 2005 | E T Rampho | National Herbarium Pretoria

Oplismenus hirtellus

Common names: basket grass

Family: Poaceae

31 / 01 / 2005 | Isabel Johnson | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Merxmuellera macowanii

Common names: molalashlolo, moseha (South Sotho)

Family: Poaceae

25 / 04 / 2005 | Thabiso Mpongo | National Herbarium Pretoria

Pogonarthria squarrosa

Common names: herringbone grass, sickle grass

Family: Poaceae

11 / 07 / 2005 | L Fish | National Herbarium Pretoria

Eragrostis superba

Common names: saw-tooth love grass, flat-seed love grass (Eng.); bosluissaadgras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

18 / 07 / 2005 | L Fish | National Herbarium Pretoria

Panicum maximum

Common names: Guinea grass (Eng. ); blousaad soetgras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

21 / 11 / 2005 | Linette Ferreira | Pretoria NBG

Cynodon dactylon

Common names: couch grass, quick grass, Bermunda quick grass, finger grass, running grass (Eng.); kweekgras, fynkweek, anosterkweek, renosterkweek, elandskweek, gem

Family: Poaceae

03 / 04 / 2006 | C Mudau | Pretoria NBG