Species list: Grasses

Approximately 111 species of grasses are known or expected to occur in the Mudumu Landscape:

Scientific name
Acroceras macrum
Andropogon chinensis
Andropogon eucomus
Andropogon gayanus
Andropogon huillensis
Andropogon schirensis
Anthephora pubescens
Aristida adscensionis
Aristida congesta
Aristida junciformis
Aristida meridionalis
Aristida pilgeri
Aristida rhiniochloa
Aristida scabrivalvis
Aristida stipitata
Aristida stipoides
Bothriochloa bladhii
Bothriochloa insculpta
Bothriochloa radicans
Brachiaria brizantha
Bachiaria deflexa
Brachiaria dura
Bachiaria eruciformis
Brachiaria nigropedata
Cenchrus ciliaris
Chloris virgata
Chloris gayana
Cymbopogon caesius
Cymbopogon excavatus
Cynodon dactylon
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Dactyloctenium giganteum
Dichanthium annulatum
Digitaria eriantha
Digitaria sanguinalis
Digitaria velutina
Diplachne fusca
Echinochloa colona
Echinochloa holubii
Echinochloa pyramidalis
Eleusine coracana
Elionurus muticus
Enneapogon cenchroides
Enneapogon desvauxii
Enteropogon macrostachyus
Eragrostis aspera
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eragrostis echinochloidea
Eragrostis gummiflua
Eragrostis heteromera
Eragrostis inamoena
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Eragrostis nindensis
Eragrostis pallens
Eragrostis porosa
Eragrostis rigidior
Eragrostis rotifer
Eragrostis superba
Eragrostis trichophora
Eragrostis viscosa
Eriochloa meyeriana
Hemarthria altissima
Heteropogon contortus
Heteropogon melanocarpus
Hyparrhenia rufa
Hyperthelia dissoluta
Imperata cylindrica
Ischaemum fasciculatum
Ischaemum afrum
Leersia hexandra
Leptochloa fusca
Miscanthus junceus
Melinis repens
Melinis villosum
Panicum coloratum
Panicum kalaharense
Panicum maximum
Panicum repens
Paspalum scrobiculatum
Perotis patens
Pogonarthria fleckii
Pogonarthria squarrosa
Schmidtia kalahariensis
Schmidtia pappophoroides
Schizachyrium exile
Schizachyrium jeffreysii
Schizachyrium sanguineum
Setaria sagittifolia
Setaria sphacelata
Setaria verticillata
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum versicolor
Sporobolus africanus
Sporobolus festivus
Sporobolus fimbriatus
Sporobolus ioclados
Sporobolus stapfianus
Sporobolus panicoides
Sporobolus pyramidalis
Stipagrostis hirtigluma
Stipagrostis uniplumis
Themeda triandra
Trachypogon spicatus
Tricholaena monachne
Trichoneura grandiglumis
Tragus berteronianus
Urochloa brachyura
Urochloa mosambicensis
Urochloa oligotricha
Urochloa trichopus
Willkommia sarmentosa

Source: this list is based on an ecological assessment of the Mudumu landfill by P. Cunningham.