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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

Brachiaria serrata

Common names: red top grass, velvet signal (Eng.) ; rooisinjaalgras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

12 / 05 / 2008 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

Cenchrus ciliaris

Common names: foxtail buffalo grass (Eng.); bloubuffelgras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

31 / 05 / 2010 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

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

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

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

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

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

Dregeochloa pumila

Common names: Tom Thumb grass, Kleinduimpiegras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

... Nama Karoo regions of the Northern Cape. The grass family (Poaceae) is one of the largest and most widespread groups of ...

02 / 02 / 2009 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ehrharta calycina

Common names: common ehrharta, common veld grass (Eng.); gewone ehrharta, rooigras, polgras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

01 / 09 / 2008 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | Pretoria 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

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

Harpochloa falx

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

Family: Poaceae

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

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

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

Hyparrhenia hirta

Common names: common thatching grass (Eng.); dektamboekiegras (Afr.)

Family: Poaceae

13 / 04 / 2009 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

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