Tarigidia

Tarigidia is a genus of South African and Puerto Rican plants in the grass family.^[1]

Tarigidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Panicodae
Tribe:	Paniceae
Subtribe:	Anthephorinae
Genus:	Tarigidia Stent
Type species
Tarigidia aequiglumis (Gooss.) Stent

Some authors have suggested that the genus might be of hybrid origin: Anthephora × Digitaria.^[2]

Species^[2][3]

• Tarigidia aequiglumis (Gooss.) Stent - Namibia, Free State, North West Province^[4][5]
• Tarigidia axelrodii A.S.Vega & Rúgolo - Puerto Rico^[6]

References

1. Stent, Sydney Margaret. 1932. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1932(3): 151
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. The Plant List search for Tarigidia
4. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
5. Fish, L. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Tarigidia aequiglumis (Gooss.) Stent. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2014.1. Accessed on 2015/02/22
6. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

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