Chaetobromus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[4]
Chaetobromus | |
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Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
Chaetobromus involucratus | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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- 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 :
- Chaetobromus fascicularis - Tenaxia stricta
- Chaetobromus strictus - Tenaxia stricta
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Natural System of Botany, page 449
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos, Chaetobromus Nees
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria