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Ctenium

Ctenium is a genus of African and American plants in the grass family.Species

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Ctenium
Ctenium aromaticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Cteniinae
P.M.Peterson, Romasch. & Y.Herrera
Genus: Ctenium
Panz. 1813 not C.E.O. Jensen 19231
Type species
Ctenium carolinianum
(syn of C. aromaticum)23
Synonyms3
  • Aplocera Raf.
  • Campuloa Desv.
  • Campulosus Desv.
  • Monathera Raf.
  • Monocera Elliott
  • Triatherus Raf.

Ctenium is a genus of African and American plants in the grass family.45

Species36
formerly included

see Dactyloctenium Enteropogon Tetrapogon

  • Ctenium digitatum - Enteropogon dolichostachyus
  • Ctenium indicum - Tetrapogon tenellus
  • Ctenium nukaviense - Dactyloctenium aegyptium
  • Ctenium rupestre - Enteropogon rupestris
  • Ctenium sechellense - Enteropogon sechellensis
References

References

  1. Tropicos search for Ctenium
  2. Tropicos, Ctenium Panz.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz 1813. Ideen zu einer Künftigen Revision der Gattungen der Gräser Gräs. 38, 61
  5. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. The Plant List search for Ctenium

Data related to Ctenium at Wikispecies