Crinipes

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|taxon = Crinipes

|authority = Hochst.

|type_species = Crinipes abyssinicus

|type_species_authority = (Hochst. ex A.Braun) Hochst.

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Crinipes is a genus of plants in the Poaceae−grass family native to central Africa.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016489 Tropicos, Crinipes Hochst.][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48929#page/281/mode/1up Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1855. Flora 38: 279-282] descriptions in Latin, commentary in German[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00154.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps