Catalepis

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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Catalepis is a genus of plants in the grass family native to southern Africa. The only known species is Catalepis gracilis, commonly called cause grass, found in Lesotho and eastern South Africa.Stapf, Otto & Sydney Margaret Stent. 1929. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1929(1): 11–12[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25515242 Tropicos, Catalepis Stapf & Stent ][http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=403800 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{Cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00106.htm |title=Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora |access-date=2009-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904050059/http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00106.htm |archive-date=2009-09-04 |url-status=dead }}[http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1380-1 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, Cause Gras (a), Cause Grass (e), Catalepis gracilis Stapf & Stent]