Classification
Plantae [regnum]Spermatophyta [phylum]
Angiospermatophytae [classis]
Poales [ordo]
Poaceae [familia]
Chloridoideae [subfamilia]
Cynodonteae [tribus]
Tripogon Roem. & Schult. [genus]
Tripogon africanus (Coss. & Durieu) H. Scholz & P. König [species]