Prosphytochloa

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| image = Prosphytochloa prehensilis imported from iNaturalist photo 244791246 on 20 December 2023.jpg

| display_parents = 4

| genus = Prosphytochloa

| parent_authority = Schweick.

| species = prehensilis

| authority = (Nees) Schweick.

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=438204 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms = *Maltebrunia prehensilis Nees

• Oryza prehensilis (Nees) Steud.
• Potamophila prehensilis (Nees) Benth.

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Prosphytochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family.Schweickerdt, Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes. 1961. Der Züchter. Zeitschrift für Theoretische und Angewandte Genetik 31(4): 193–195[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016505 Tropicos, Prosphytochloa Schweick.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00514.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] The only known species is Prosphytochloa prehensilis, native to Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo.Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria[http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1334-1 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants]