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Phaenanthoecium

Phaenanthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Phaenanthoecium koestlinii, native to Northeast Tropical Africa and Yemen.

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Phaenanthoecium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Phaenanthoecium
C.E.Hubb.
Species:
P. koestlinii
Binomial name
Phaenanthoecium koestlinii
(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.E.Hubb.
Synonyms
  • Danthonia koestlinii Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Streblochaete schimperi Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Streblochaete koestlinii T.Durand & Schinz

Phaenanthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family.123 The only known species is Phaenanthoecium koestlinii, native to Northeast Tropical Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea) and Yemen.456

References

References

  1. Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1936. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1936(5): 329
  2. Tropicos, Phaenanthoecium C.E. Hubb.
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  6. Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.