Maltebrunia

{{short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Maltebrunia leersioides imported from iNaturalist photo 108164145 on 20 December 2023.jpg

| image_caption = Maltebrunia leersioides

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| taxon = Maltebrunia

| authority = Kunth

| type_species_authority = Kunth

| type_species = Maltebrunia leersioides

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012914 Tropicos, Maltebrunia Kunth ]

| synonyms = * Oryza sect. Maltebrunia (Kunth) Rchb.

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Maltebrunia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/681941#page/7/mode/1up Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 6] in Latin[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00368.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=423216 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Maltebrunia The Plant List search for Maltebrunia]

• Maltebrunia leersioides Kunth – Madagascar
• Maltebrunia letestui (Koechlin) Koechlin – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the CongoHubbard, C. E. 1962. Tabula 3595. Maltebrunia gabonensis C. E. Hubbard. Gramineae. Tribus Oryzeae. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 36: tab. 3595, 1–3.
• Maltebrunia maroana Aug.DC – Madagascar
• Maltebrunia schliebenii (Pilg.) C.E.Hubb. – Tanzania

; formerly included

Maltebrunia prehensilis - Prosphytochloa prehensilis – South Africa, Eswatini