Calyptochloa

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Calyptochloa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Calyptochloa
Species:
C. gracillima
Binomial name
Calyptochloa gracillima

Calyptochloa gracillima is a species of grass (family Poaceae) and the only species of the genus Calyptochloa. It is found in Queensland, Australia.

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. While these definitions may seem adequate, when looked at more closely they represent problematic species concepts. For example, the boundaries between closely related species become unclear with hybridisation, in a species complex of hundreds of similar microspecies, and in a ring species. Also, among organisms that reproduce only asexually, the concept of a reproductive species breaks down, and each clone is potentially a microspecies.

Family is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".

Poaceae family of plants

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass. Poaceae includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and cultivated lawns and pasture. Grasses have stems that are hollow except at the nodes and narrow alternate leaves borne in two ranks. The lower part of each leaf encloses the stem, forming a leaf-sheath. With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, Poaceae are the fifth-largest plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae.

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<i>Lolium</i> genus of plants

Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily of the grass family. It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera.

<i>Briza</i> genus of plants

Briza is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family, native to northern temperate regions of Eurasia, North Africa, and certain islands in the Atlantic.

Type genus term in zoological nomenclature (also non-officially in botanical nomenclature)

In biological classification, especially zoology, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.

<i>Paspalum</i> genus of plants

Paspalum is a genus of plants in the grass family.

Pooideae subfamily of plants

The Pooideae are the largest subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, with over 4,200 species in 14 tribes and roughly 200 genera. They include some major cereals such as wheat, barley, oat, rye and many lawn and pasture grasses. They are often referred to as cool-season grasses, because they are distributed in temperate climates. All of them use the C3 photosynthetic pathway.

<i>Nepenthes gracillima</i> species of plant

Nepenthes gracillima is a highland Nepenthes pitcher plant species, native to Peninsular Malaysia.

Tussock (grass)

Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae. They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies. As perennial plants, most species live more than one season. Tussock grasses are often found as forage in pastures and ornamental grasses in gardens.

<i>Eulalia</i> (plant) genus of plants

Eulalia is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.

Alloeochaete is a genus of African plants in the grass family.

  1. Alloeochaete andongensis(Rendle) C.E.Hubb. - Angola
  2. Alloeochaete geniculataKabuye - Malawi
  3. Alloeochaete gracillimaKabuye - Malawi
  4. Alloeochaete namuliensisChippind. - Mozambique
  5. Alloeochaete oreogenaLaunert - Malawi
  6. Alloeochaete ulugurensisKabuye - Tanzania
<i>Ottochloa</i> genus of plants

Ottochloa is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.

  1. Ottochloa gracillimaC.E.Hubb. - Queensland, New South Wales
  2. Ottochloa grandifloraJansen - New Guinea
  3. Ottochloa nodosa(Kunth) Dandy - tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia

Micraira is the only genus of tribe Micraireae in the grass family, native to Australia.

Thiseltonia is a genus of Australian plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.

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Eremophila gracillima is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with narrow leaves which have their edges folded under, and lilac to violet flowers. It is restricted to an area near Mount Vernon.

<i>Caladenia attingens <span style="font-style:normal;">subsp.</span> gracillima</i> subspecies of plant

Caladenia attingens subsp. gracillima, commonly known as the small mantis orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a relatively common orchid with a single erect, hairy leaf and one or two green, yellow and red flowers. It differs from subspecies attingens in having smaller flowers and a more easterly distribution.

Caladenia gracillima, commonly known as pretty fingers, is a species of orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has a single leaf and up to three bright pink flowers. The type specimen was collected at Yandina in southern Queensland but there are also records from southern New South Wales.

Jeremy James Bruhl is an Australian botanist. He is a professor in the School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England and director of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium which holds c.100,000 plant specimens.

Daphnella gracillima is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

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