Bewsia

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Speciesbox |image = Bewsia biflora 105608302.jpg |image_caption = ''Bewsia biflora'' in South Africa |display_parents = 4 |genus = Bewsia |parent_authority = Goossens |species = biflora |authority = (Hack.) Gooss. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=c>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=399230 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> |synonyms = *''Diplachne biflora'' Hack. *''Diplachne biflora'' var. ''buchananii'' Stapf *''Avenastrum flabellatum'' Peter }}

'''''Bewsia''''' is a genus of African plants in the grass family.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/bewsia.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00078.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]</ref><ref>[http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1222-1 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, ''Bewsia biflora'' (Hack.) Gooss.]</ref> The only known species is '''''Bewsia biflora''''', widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Ivory Coast to Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal.<ref name=c/><ref>Goossens, Antonie Petrus Gerhardy 1941. South African Journal of Science 37: 184.</ref><ref>Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.</ref><ref>Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.</ref><ref>Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref><ref>Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.</ref><ref>Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.</ref><ref>Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.</ref><ref>Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.</ref>

== See also == * List of Poaceae genera

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Chloridoideae Category:Monotypic Poaceae genera