Anadelphia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Anadelphia
Species: A. afzeliana – A. bigeniculata – A. chevalieri – A. funerea – A. hamata – A. leptocoma – A. liebigiana – A. macrochaeta – A. polychaeta – A. pumila – A. scyphofera – A. trepidaria – A. trichaeta – A. trispiculata

Name

Anadelphia Hack., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6: 240 (1885).

• Type species: Anadelphia leptocoma (Trin.) Pilg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 284 (1917)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Diectomis P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 132 (1812), nom. rej.
  • Monium Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 399 (1919).
  • Pobeguinea Jacq.-Fél., Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 30: 172 (1950).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, DR Congo. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad. Regional: South Tropical Africa Mozambique, Zambia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hackel, E. 1885. Die auf der Expedition S. M. S. »Gazelle« von Dr. Naumann gesammelten Gramineen. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 6(3): 233–248. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Anadelphia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 07. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Anadelphia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Anadelphia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Anadelphia. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013. Reference page.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Anadelphia.