Genus of grasses
Willkommia is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3] The genus has a disjunct distribution, with species native to Southern Africa, South America, and the United States.[1]
- Accepted species[1][4][5]
- Willkommia annua Hack. - Angola, Namibia
- Willkommia newtonii Hack. - Angola, Namibia
- Willkommia sarmentosa Hack. - Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
- Willkommia texana Hitchc. - United States (Texas, Oklahoma),[6] Argentina, Uruguay[7]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hackel, Eduard. 1888. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder 30: 145-146 descriptions in Latin, locality information in German
- ^ Tropicos, Willkommia Hack.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Willkomias". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 distribution map
- ^ Parodi, Lorenzo Raimundo. 1925. Physis. Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales 8: 78
