genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
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Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
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Eriochrysis cayennensis
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
; Species
* ''Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''Eriochrysis cayennensis'' P.Beauv. - tro ...
'' P.Beauv. - tropical Americas from
Chiapas
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KwaZulu-Natal
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Tamil Nadu
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Rio Grande do Sul
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Eriochrysis warmingiana
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Eart ...
'' (Hack.) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
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Miscanthus
''Miscanthus'', or silvergrass'','' is a genus of African, Eurasian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, Poaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words "''miskos"'', meaning "stem", and "''anthos"'', meaning "flower", in reference ...