Elymandra

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Elymandra.jpg

| image_caption = Elymandra grallata

| display_parents = 4

| taxon = Elymandra

| authority = Stapf

| type_species_authority = (Stapf) Stapf

| type_species = Elymandra androphila

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=451456 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms = * Pleiadelphia Stapf

}}

Elymandra is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family.Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 407[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002463 Tropicos, Elymandra Stapf ] Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil.{{Cite web|title=RBG Kew: GrassBase - Elymandra Description|url=http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00218.htm|access-date=2021-05-05|website=www.kew.org}}

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Elymandra The Plant List search for Elymandra]

• Elymandra androphila (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola
• Elymandra archaelymandra (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton - Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Sierra Leone
• Elymandra gossweileri (Stapf) Clayton - from Senegal to Angola
• Elymandra grallata (Stapf) Clayton from Gambia to KwaZulu-Natal
• Elymandra lithophila (Trin.) Clayton - Brazil (State of Minas Gerais), Zaïre to Zimbabwe
• Elymandra subulata Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone