Anthephora is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands.
Species
Anthephora ampullacea - Guinea, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
Anthephora argentea - Namibia, Botswana, Cape Province
Anthephora cristata - from Guinea to Angola
Anthephora elongata - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
Anthephora hermaphrodita - Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies, Galápagos; naturalized in Florida, Hawaii
Anthephora laevis - Eritrea, Sudan, Israel, Palestine, Jordan
Anthephora nigritana - Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Anthephora pubescens - dry Africa from Algeria to Somalia to Cape Province; Iran
Anthephora pungens - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
Anthephora schinzii - Angola, Botswana, Cape Province, Namibia
Anthephora truncata - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
formerly included
see Bouteloua Hilaria Tarigidia
