Acritochaete is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]
| Acritochaete | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Cenchrinae |
| Genus: | Acritochaete Pilg. |
| Species: | A. volkensii
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| Binomial name | |
| Acritochaete volkensii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oplismenus volkensii (Pilg.) Mez ex Peter | |
The only known species is Acritochaete volkensii, native to Nigeria, Cameroon, islands of the Gulf of Guinea, Zaïre, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.[1][5][6]
See also
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edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1902. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 32: 53-55 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
- ^ 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
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