Chaetobromus

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Chaetobromus
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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 involucrataSchrad.
  • Danthonia involucrata(Schrad.) Schrad.
  • Pentameris involucrata(Schrad.) Nees
  • Chaetobromus dregeanusNees
  • Danthonia dregeana(Nees) Steud.
  • Chaetobromus interceptusNees
  • Danthonia intercepta(Nees) Steud.
  • Chaetobromus schraderiStapf
  • Chaetobromus schlechteriPilg.
  • Chaetobromus involucratus var. sericeusNees

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

Species

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

Subspecies [2]

Three subspecies are accepted

Formerly included [2]

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

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References

  1. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Natural System of Botany, page 449
  2. 1 2 3 4 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