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Cyrtococcum

Cyrtococcum is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.SpeciesCyrtococcum bosseri A.Camus - Madagascar Cyrtococcum capitis-york B.K.Simon - Queensland Cyrtococcum chaetophoron (Roem. & Schult.) Dandy - tropical Africa Cyrtococcum deccanense Bor - India, Sri Lanka Cyrtococcum deltoideum (Hack.) A.Camus - Madagascar Cyrtococcum fuscinode (Steud.) A.Camus - Comoros Cyrtococcum humbertianum A.Camus - Madagascar Cyrtococcum longipes (Hook.f.) A.Camus - India, Myanmar to Andaman Islands Cyrtococcum multinode (Lam.) Clayton - Tanzania, Uganda, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion Cyrtococcum nossibeense A.Camus - Madagascar Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum (Steud.) Stapf - China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, several Pacific Island groups Cyrtococcum patens (L.) A.Camus - China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, several Pacific Island groups Cyrtococcum tamatavense A.Camus - Madagascar Cyrtococcum trigonum (Retz.) A.Camus - Kenya, Tanzania, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, several Pacific Island groupsformerly included

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Cyrtococcum
Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Cyrtococcum
Stapf
Type species
Cyrtococcum setigerum
(syn of C. chaetophoron)1
(P.Beauv.) Stapf2

Cyrtococcum is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.3

Species14
  • Cyrtococcum bosseri A.Camus - Madagascar
  • Cyrtococcum capitis-york B.K.Simon - Queensland
  • Cyrtococcum chaetophoron (Roem. & Schult.) Dandy - tropical Africa
  • Cyrtococcum deccanense Bor - India, Sri Lanka
  • Cyrtococcum deltoideum (Hack.) A.Camus - Madagascar
  • Cyrtococcum fuscinode (Steud.) A.Camus - Comoros
  • Cyrtococcum humbertianum A.Camus - Madagascar
  • Cyrtococcum longipes (Hook.f.) A.Camus - India, Myanmar to Andaman Islands
  • Cyrtococcum multinode (Lam.) Clayton - Tanzania, Uganda, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion
  • Cyrtococcum nossibeense A.Camus - Madagascar
  • Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum (Steud.) Stapf - China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, several Pacific Island groups
  • Cyrtococcum patens (L.) A.Camus - China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, several Pacific Island groups
  • Cyrtococcum tamatavense A.Camus - Madagascar
  • Cyrtococcum trigonum (Retz.) A.Camus - Kenya, Tanzania, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, several Pacific Island groups
formerly included1

see Panicum

  • Cyrtococcum sparsicomum - Panicum sparsicomum
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