''Crinipes'' 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 Poaceae−grass family native to central

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

.Tropicos, ''Crinipes'' Hochst.
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Species

Species of ''Crinipes'' include:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>The Plant List search for ''Crinipes''
/ref> * '' Crinipes abyssinicus'' (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Hochst. —

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...

* '' Crinipes longifolius'' C.E.Hubb. — native to Ethiopia,

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...

, and

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...

Former species

Species formerly classified within ''Crinipes'' include: * ''Crinipes gynoglossa —

Styppeiochloa gynoglossa ''Styppeiochloa'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Styppeiochloa catherineana'' Cope & Ryves - Angola * '' Styppeiochloa gynoglossa'' (Gooss.) De Winter - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Cape Province, KwaZulu-Na ...

''. * ''Crinipes longipes — Nematopoa longipes''.

References

Molinieae Bunchgrasses of Africa Flora of Ethiopia Flora of South Sudan Flora of Uganda Poaceae genera {{Poaceae-stub