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Hyparrhenia filipendula (hyparrhenia)

Synonyms: Andropogon filipendulus (homotypic); Andropogon filipendulus var. pilosus; Cymbopogon filipendulus (homotypic); Sorghum filipendulum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Hyparrhenia filipendula is a species of perennial bunchgrass commonly known as Tambookie Grass, fine thatching grass, and fine hood grass. It grows to a height of 1 to 1.5 metres (3.3 to 4.9 ft).
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Infraspecies

Hyparrhenia filipendula var. filipendula
Hyparrhenia filipendula var. pilosa

Attributes

Structure [1]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gombe National Park II 8799 Tanzania
Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve 1729738 Kenya  

Predators

Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus)[2]
Molluscococcus fibrillae[3]
Neomargarodes hyparrheniae[3]
Porphyrophora rhodesiensis[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2C. R. Field (1970) A Study of the Feeding Habits of the Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius Linn.) in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, With Some Management Implications, Zoologica Africana, 5:1, 71-86,
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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