Microchloa afra(MHLCA)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: MHLCA
- Preferred name: Microchloa afra
- Authority: Nees
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Microchloa caffra | Nees |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| pincushiongrass | English |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Poales (
1POAO )
Family
Poaceae (
1GRAF )
Subfamily
Panicoideae (
1PANS )
Genus
Microchloa (
1MHLG )
Species
Microchloa afra (
MHLCA )