| Cleistogenes | |
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| Cleistogenes serotina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Orininae |
| Genus: | Cleistogenes Keng |
| Type species | |
| Cleistogenes serotina (L.) Keng.
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| Synonyms12 | |
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Cleistogenes is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family.3
The name Cleistogenes was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with Kengia, but revisions to the Code of Nomenclature have reversed this situation. Cleistogenes is now the correct name.45
- Cleistogenes caespitosa Keng - China
- Cleistogenes festucacea Honda - China
- Cleistogenes gatacrei (Stapf) Bor - Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Cleistogenes hackelii (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea
- Cleistogenes hancei Keng - China, Primorye
- Cleistogenes kitagawae Honda - Hebei, Liaoning, Mongolia, Russian Far East, Siberia
- Cleistogenes mucronata Keng f. - China
- Cleistogenes nedoluzhkoi Tzvelev - Primorye
- Cleistogenes polyphylla Keng f. - China
- Cleistogenes ramiflora Keng f. & C.P.Wang - Inner Mongolia
- Cleistogenes serotina (L.) Keng - Eurasia from Spain to Kazakhstan
- Cleistogenes songorica (Roshev.) Ohwi - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin. ex Ledeb.) Keng - China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Caucasus
- formerly included1
see Orinus
- Cleistogenes kokonorica - Orinus kokonorica
- Cleistogenes thoroldii - Orinus thoroldii
References
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta, Taxon 43: 123 (1994)
- Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 460 隐子草属 yin zi cao shu Cleistogenes Keng, Sinensia. 5: 147. 1934.
- Keng, Yi Li 1934. Sinensia 5: 147
- Tropicos, Cleistogenes Keng
- The Plant List search for Cleistogenes