Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Hemarthria > Hemarthria altissima

Hemarthria altissima (limpograss; African jointgrass)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Mburucuyá National Park II   Corrientes, Argentina  
Río Pilcomayo National Park II 123699 Formosa, Argentina

Predators

Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus)[3]
Odonaspis phragmitis[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3The Diet of the Hippopotamus in Ndumu Game Reserve, Natal, as Determined by Faecal Analysis, J.S.B. Scotcher, D.R.M. Stewart, C.M. Breen, S.-Afr. Tydskr. Natuurnavors. 8:1-11 (1978)
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0