''Anthephora'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands. ; SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Anthephora ampullacea ''Anthephora'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands. ; Species * '' Anthephora ampullacea'' - Guinea, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola * '' Anthephora arg ...

'' - Guinea, Nigeria,

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

* '' Anthephora argentea'' - Namibia, Botswana,

Cape Province The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ( af, Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( af, Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape ( af, Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequen ...

* '' Anthephora cristata'' - from Guinea to Angola * '' Anthephora elongata'' - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia * ''

Anthephora hermaphrodita ''Anthephora hermaphrodita'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. The species also goes by the common name oldfield grass. The species is native to Aruba, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El S ...

'' - Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies, Galápagos; naturalized in Florida, Hawaii * ''

Anthephora laevis ''Anthephora'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands. ; Species * '' Anthephora ampullacea'' - Guinea, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola * '' Anthephora arg ...

'' - Eritrea, Sudan,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia * Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East J ...

, Jordan * '' Anthephora nigritana'' -

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesNigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...

, Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia * '' Anthephora pubescens'' - dry Africa from Algeria to Somalia to Cape Province; Iran * '' Anthephora pungens'' - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia * '' Anthephora schinzii'' - Angola, Botswana, Cape Province, Namibia * '' Anthephora truncata'' - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe ; formerly included see ''

Bouteloua ''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass. Taxonomy and systematics The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths p ...

Hilaria The Hilaria (; Latin "the cheerful ones", a term derived from the borrowed adjective grc, ἱλαρός "cheerful, merry") were ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox to honor Cybele. Origins The term seems origi ...

Tarigidia'' * ''Anthephora aequiglumis - Tarigidia aequiglumis'' * ''Anthephora axilliflora -

Bouteloua dactyloides ''Bouteloua dactyloides'', commonly known as buffalograss or a buffalo grass, is a North American prairie grass native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is a shortgrass found mainly on the High Plains and is co-dominant with blue gram ...

'' * ''Anthephora belangeri - Hilaria belangeri'' * ''Anthephora punctulata - Hilaria cenchroides''

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Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Panicoideae Poaceae genera {{Panicoideae-stub

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