Heteropholis is a genus of African and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family.Hubbard, Charles Edward 1956. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 36: §3548Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Heteropholis benoistii A.Camus - Madagascar Heteropholis nigrescens (Thwaites) C.E.Hubb. - Sri Lanka Heteropholis sulcata (Stapf) C.E.Hubb. - Zaḭre, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Malawi
Formerly included see Mnesithea Heteropholis annua - Mnesithea annua Heteropholis cochinchinensis - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis Heteropholis cochinchinensis var. chenii - Mnesithea laevis var. chenii
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