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Thatching Grasses
Hyparrhenia
Hyparrhenia is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass.
44 branches of this genus, most-observed first

thatching grass
speciesHyparrhenia hirta

thatching grass
speciesHyparrhenia rufa

Hyparrhenia sinaica
speciesHyparrhenia sinaica

Blue Thatching Grass
speciesHyparrhenia tamba

Drege's Deckgrass
speciesHyparrhenia dregeana

Hyparrhenia variabilis
speciesHyparrhenia variabilis

Fine Thatching Grass
speciesHyparrhenia filipendula

Boat Thatching Grass
speciesHyparrhenia cymbaria

Hyparrhenia newtonii
speciesHyparrhenia newtonii
Elephant Grass
speciesHyparrhenia collina

Hyparrhenia schimperi
speciesHyparrhenia schimperi

Hyparrhenia diplandra
speciesHyparrhenia diplandra

Hyparrhenia anamesa
speciesHyparrhenia anamesa

Hyparrhenia quarrei
speciesHyparrhenia quarrei

Hyparrhenia bracteata
speciesHyparrhenia bracteata

Hyparrhenia dichroa
speciesHyparrhenia dichroa
Hyparrhenia cyanescens
speciesHyparrhenia cyanescens

Hyparrhenia involucrata
speciesHyparrhenia involucrata
Hyparrhenia gazensis
speciesHyparrhenia gazensis
Hyparrhenia poecilotricha
speciesHyparrhenia poecilotricha

Bronze-Awned Thatching Grass
speciesHyparrhenia nyassae
Hyparrhenia anthistirioides
speciesHyparrhenia anthistirioides
Hyparrhenia bagirmica
speciesHyparrhenia bagirmica
Hyparrhenia welwitschii
speciesHyparrhenia welwitschii
Hyparrhenia glabriuscula
speciesHyparrhenia glabriuscula
Hyparrhenia smithiana
speciesHyparrhenia smithiana
Hyparrhenia subplumosa
speciesHyparrhenia subplumosa
Hyparrhenia barteri
speciesHyparrhenia barteri
Hyparrhenia finitima
speciesHyparrhenia finitima
Hyparrhenia pilgeriana
speciesHyparrhenia pilgeriana
Hyparrhenia rudis
speciesHyparrhenia rudis
Hyparrhenia umbrosa
speciesHyparrhenia umbrosa
Hyparrhenia andongensis
speciesHyparrhenia andongensis
Hyparrhenia anemopaegma
speciesHyparrhenia anemopaegma
Hyparrhenia coriacea
speciesHyparrhenia coriacea
Hyparrhenia praetermissa
speciesHyparrhenia praetermissa
Hyparrhenia confinis
speciesHyparrhenia confinis
Hyparrhenia gossweileri
speciesHyparrhenia gossweileri
Hyparrhenia mobukensis
speciesHyparrhenia mobukensis
Hyparrhenia multiplex
speciesHyparrhenia multiplex
Hyparrhenia neglecta
speciesHyparrhenia neglecta
Hyparrhenia arrhenobasis
speciesHyparrhenia arrhenobasis
Hyparrhenia tuberculata
speciesHyparrhenia tuberculata
Hyparrhenia claytonii
speciesHyparrhenia claytonii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71939.