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Urochloa mosambicensis
Common names: bushveld signal grass, white buffalo grass, herringbone grass (Eng.); bosveldbeesgras, witbuffelsgras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
04 / 10 / 2010 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Tricholaena monachne
Common names: blue seed grass (Eng.); blousaadgras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
23 / 10 / 2006 | C Mudau | Pretoria NBG
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Tribolium uniolae
Common names: hare grass (Eng.); haasgras, koringgras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
28 / 08 / 2023 | Laura Dineo Selepe | Karoo Desert NBG
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Themeda triandra
Common names: red grass (Eng.); rooigras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
12 / 04 / 2004 | L Fish | National Herbarium Pretoria
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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
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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
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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
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Setaria megaphylla
Common names: ribbon grass, broad-leafed bristle grass
Family: Poaceae
29 / 04 / 2002 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Secale africanum
Common names: African rye, wild rye (Eng.); wilderog, Afrika-rog (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
03 / 07 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pogonarthria squarrosa
Common names: herringbone grass, sickle grass
Family: Poaceae
11 / 07 / 2005 | L Fish | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Phragmites australis
Common names: commom reed; fluitjiesriet (Afr.); lehlaka (SeSotho.); umHlanga (isiZulu.); lutanga (Tshivenda.)
Family: Poaceae
12 / 01 / 2015 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Panicum maximum
Common names: Guinea grass (Eng. ); blousaad soetgras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
21 / 11 / 2005 | Linette Ferreira | Pretoria NBG
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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
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Oplismenus hirtellus
Common names: basket grass
Family: Poaceae
31 / 01 / 2005 | Isabel Johnson | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Merxmuellera macowanii
Common names: molalashlolo, moseha (South Sotho)
Family: Poaceae
25 / 04 / 2005 | Thabiso Mpongo | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Melinis repens
Common names: Natal red top (Eng.); bergrooigras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
25 / 06 / 2018 | Phakamani Xaba | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Melinis nerviglumis
Common names: bristle-leaved red-top grass (Eng.); ferweelgras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
24 / 02 / 2003 | Isabel Johnson | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Melica decumbens
Common names: staggers grass (Eng.); dronkgras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
19 / 04 / 2004 | L Fish | National Herbarium Pretoria
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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
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Hyparrhenia hirta
Common names: common thatching grass (Eng.); dektamboekiegras (Afr.)
Family: Poaceae
13 / 04 / 2009 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria
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