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Genus of grasses

Chlorocalymma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Anthephorinae
Genus: Chlorocalymma
Clayton
Species: C. cryptacanthum
Binomial name
Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum
Clayton

Chlorocalymma is a genus of Tanzanian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum, native to the Iringa Region of central Tanzania.

The name is from the Greek words chloros (green) and kalymma (covering).

See also

References

  1. Clayton, William Derek. 1970. Kew Bulletin 24: 461
  2. "Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Clayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). 451–898. In W. B. Turrill & R. M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam
  5. Quattrocchi, Umberto. CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, p. 488 (CRC Press, 2006).
Taxon identifiers
Chlorocalymma
Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum


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