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| Fingerhuthia | |
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| Fingerhuthia africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Eragrostideae |
| Subtribe: | Unioliinae |
| Genus: | Fingerhuthia Nees ex Lehm. |
| Type species | |
| Fingerhuthia africana | |
Fingerhuthia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[1][2] Common names are thimble grass[3] and Zulu fescue.
- Fingerhuthia africana Nees ex Lehm. - South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan; naturalized in Pima County in Arizona in United States[6]
- Fingerhuthia sesleriiformis Nees - South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia
- ^ Lehmann, Johann Georg Christian. 1834. Semina in Horto Botanico Hamburgensi 1834: 7
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ "Government of Namibia, 4th Definitive Stamp series, Biodiversity". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Fingerhuthia
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map