Genus:
Nasella
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales
> Family: Poaceae
There are about 15 species worldwide (South America) of which
three have become naturalised in southern Africa. Nassella tenuissima (White
tussock, Witpolgras) and Nassella trichotoma (Nassella
tussock, Nassella polgras) are Category 1 weeds in South Africa.
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