Biology:Ctenium

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Ctenium
Ctenium aromaticum 1.jpg
Ctenium aromaticum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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 1923[1]
Type species
Ctenium carolinianum
(syn of C. aromaticum)[2][3]
Panz.
Synonyms[3]
  • 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.[4][5]

Species[3][6]


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

Wikidata ☰ Q1304206 entry