Chaetobromus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[4]

Chaetobromus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Chaetobromus
Nees[1]
Species:
C. involucratus
Binomial name
Chaetobromus involucratus
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Danthonia sect. Chaetobromus (Nees) Steud.
  • Avena involucrata Schrad.
  • Danthonia involucrata (Schrad.) Schrad.
  • Pentameris involucrata (Schrad.) Nees
  • Chaetobromus dregeanus Nees
  • Danthonia dregeana (Nees) Steud.
  • Chaetobromus interceptus Nees
  • Danthonia intercepta (Nees) Steud.
  • Chaetobromus schraderi Stapf
  • Chaetobromus schlechteri Pilg.
  • Chaetobromus involucratus var. sericeus Nees
Species

There is only one known species, Chaetobromus involucratus, native to Namibia and Cape Province.[2][5]

Subspecies[2]

Three subspecies are accepted

  • Chaetobromus involucratus subsp. dregeanus (Nees) Verboom
  • Chaetobromus involucratus subsp. involucratus
  • Chaetobromus involucratus subsp. sericeus (Nees) Verboom
Formerly included[2]

taxa once considered part of Chaetobromus but now regarded as better suited to Tenaxia :

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Natural System of Botany, page 449
  2. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Tropicos, Chaetobromus Nees
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria