Bewsia

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Bewsia biflora 105608302.jpg

|image_caption = Bewsia biflora in South Africa

|display_parents = 4

|genus = Bewsia

|parent_authority = Goossens

|species = biflora

|authority = (Hack.) Gooss.

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=399230 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Diplachne biflora Hack.
• Diplachne biflora var. buchananii Stapf
• Avenastrum flabellatum Peter

}}

Bewsia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.{{cite web|url= http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/bewsia.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00078.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora][http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1222-1 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, Bewsia biflora (Hack.) Gooss.] The only known species is Bewsia biflora, widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Ivory Coast to Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal.Goossens, Antonie Petrus Gerhardy 1941. South African Journal of Science 37: 184.Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa , ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.