''Elymandra'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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n and
South America
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n plants in the
grass family
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. Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil.
; Species
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* ''Elymandra androphila
''Elymandra'' is a genus of African and South American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil.
; Species
* ''Elymandra androphila'' (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola
* ''Elymand ...
'' (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola
* '' Elymandra archaelymandra'' (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton - Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Sierra Leone
* '' Elymandra gossweileri'' (Stapf) Clayton - from Senegal to Angola
* '' Elymandra grallata'' (Stapf) Clayton from Gambia to KwaZulu-Natal
* '' Elymandra lithophila'' (Trin.) Clayton - Brazil (State of Minas Gerais
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), Zaïre to Zimbabwe
* '' Elymandra subulata'' Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
References
Andropogoneae
Poaceae genera
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