Odyssea is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.Stapf, Otto. 1922. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 31: plate 3100 and 3 subsequent text pagesTropicos, Odyssea Stapf
The genus is named after the ancient Greek tale "The Odyssey," in allusion to the long journey the type species has been taken through nine genera before settling in this one.
SpeciesGrassbase - The World Online Grass Flora Odyssea mucronata (Forssk.) Stapf - Eritrea, Somalia, Yemen, possibly Saudi Arabia Odyssea paucinervis (Nees) Stapf - Zaire, Somalia, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Cape Province, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
formerly includedKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families see Psilolemma Odyssea jaegeri - Psilolemma jaegeri
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