| Caterpillar grass | |
|---|---|
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| Inflorescence of Harpochloa falx | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| 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 is a genus of African plants in the grass family, common name caterpillar grass.[1][2][3][4]
- 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
- 1 2 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.)
 - 1 2 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).
 
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