| Exotheca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Andropogoninae |
| Genus: | Exotheca Andersson |
| Species: | E. abyssinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Exotheca abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Andersson
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Exotheca is a monotypic genus of African and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]
The only known species is Exotheca abyssinica, which has a disjunct (discontinuous) distribution. It is native to Vietnam, Eastern Africa, and Southeastern Africa (from Eritrea to Mozambique).[1][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Andersson, Nils Johan 1856. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 2: 253-255 description in Latin; figure captions on page 255
- ^ Andersson, Nils Johan 1856. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 2: plate 3, figures a-h at lower right line drawings of Exotheca abyssinica
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
- ^ Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
- ^ Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
- ^ Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique , n.s., 132: 1-127.
- ^ Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- ^ Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Camus, Aimée Antoinette 1919. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 25: 134-136 description in Latin, commentary in French; as Cymbopogon chevalieri