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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Vulpia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > 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 23 species worldwide (temperate regions, mainly Mediterranean) of which one is native to southern Africa, and four naturalised. 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Vulpia megastachya

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Vulpia bromoides

 

Vulpia fasciculata

 

Vulpia muralis

 

Vulpia myuros