Harpochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family, common name caterpillar grass.[1][2][3][4]
| Caterpillar grass | |
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| Inflorescence of Harpochloa falx | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Harpochloa Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Harpochloa capensis (syn of H. falx) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Harpochloa falx (L.f.) Kuntze - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Gauteng, Eswatini, Free State, Mpumalanga
- Harpochloa pseudoharpechloa (Chiov.) Clayton - Zaïre, Zambia, Angola
formerly included[5]
- see Microchloa
- Harpochloa altera - Microchloa altera
References edit
- ^ a b Tropicos, Harpochloa Kunth
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 92 in Latin
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ PlantZAfrica.com, Harpochloa falx (L.f.) Kuntze, caterpillar grass (Eng.), ruspergras (Afr.)
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Harpochloa
- ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).