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Imperata cylindrica

Common names: silver-spike, cogon grass, cottonwool grass, beady grass, bedding grass, Ramsammy grass, river grass, silky grass, susenke, sword grass (Eng.); donsgr

Family: Poaceae

26 / 08 / 2024 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Tribolium uniolae

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

Family: Poaceae

28 / 08 / 2023 | Laura Dineo Selepe | Karoo Desert NBG

Chloris gayana

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

Family: Poaceae

17 / 07 / 2023 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Secale africanum

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

Family: Poaceae

03 / 07 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Oxytenanthera abyssinica

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

Family: Poaceae

... the bamboo subfamily (Bambusoideae) of the grass family (Poaceae). The Poaceae contains 90 genera and more than 1 575 bamboo ... A large, woody plant that belongs in the grass family, Poaceae, and is endemic to Africa, known as the holy Venda ...

16 / 01 / 2023 | Lesibana Petrus Maema | Thohoyandou NBG

Elionurus muticus

Common names: wire grass, wire lemongrass, lemon grass, lemon-scented grass, matrass grass, silky grass, simon grass, sour grass, wine grass (Eng.); elsgras, haasgr

Family: Poaceae

01 / 08 / 2022 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Chloris virgata

Common names: blue grass, feather finger grass, feathered chloris, hay grass, old land grass, sweet grass, white grass (Eng.); blougras, hooigras, katstertgras, klo

Family: Poaceae

07 / 06 / 2021 | Creselda Nyeleti Shirinda | National Herbarium Pretoria

Digitaria eriantha

Common names: common finger grass, digit grass, giant pangola grass, Pongola finger grass, Smuts finger grass; woolly finger grass (Eng.); kortbeenhoenderspoor, kru

Family: Poaceae

06 / 07 / 2020 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Sporobolus africanus

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

Family: Poaceae

24 / 06 / 2019 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Bergbambos tessellata

Common names: Drakensberg bamboo, wild bamboo, African bamboo, southern mountain bamboo (Eng.); bergbamboes (Afr.); uduli, uqalo (Xho.)

Family: Poaceae

... plants in the subfamily Bambusoidaea of the grass family Poaceae. Bergbambos tessellata (Nees) Stapleton (= ...

15 / 04 / 2019 | Samuel Lekhetho | Free State NBG

Melinis repens

Common names: Natal red top (Eng.); bergrooigras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

25 / 06 / 2018 | Phakamani Xaba | Kirstenbosch NBG

Setaria verticillata

Common names: bristly foxtail grass, bur bristlegrass, cat’s tails, klits setaria, love grass (Eng.); kat(te)stert(gras), klawergras, kleefgras, klitsgras, steekg

Family: Poaceae

14 / 05 / 2018 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Heteropogon contortus

Common names: tanglehead, spear grass (Eng.); pylgras, assegaaigras (Afr.); isitupe (IsiZulu); makurwane (Setswana); selokana, seloka (Sesotho)

Family: Poaceae

15 / 05 / 2017 | Cynthia Mikateko Baloyi | National Herbarium Pretoria

Cymbopogon caesius

Common names: common turpentine grass, broad-leaved turpentine grass (Eng.); lemoengras, buchugras (Afr.); iMbanjana (Ndebele); muWaa (Kalanga); Moshanyna-oa-marall

Family: Poaceae

22 / 06 / 2015 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria