Cleistochloa

Cleistochloa
Cleistochloa uncinulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Panicodae
Tribe:	Paniceae
Subtribe:	Neurachninae
Genus:	Cleistochloa C.E.Hubb.
Type species
Cleistochloa subjuncea C.E.Hubb.

Cleistochloa is a genus of bunchgrasses in the family Poaceae. ^[1] It includes three species native to New Guinea and eastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales). ^[2]

Species

Three species are accepted. ^[2]

• Cleistochloa sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. - Queensland and New Guinea
• Cleistochloa subjuncea C.E.Hubb. - Queensland and New South Wales
• Cleistochloa uncinulata (R.Br.) Mabb. & D.T.Moore – Queensland and New South Wales; introduced to Fiji

Formerly placed here

• Dimorphochloa rigida S.T.Blake (as Cleistochloa rigida(S.T.Blake) Clayton)

References

1. Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1933. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33: plate 3209
2. "Cleistochloa C.E.Hubb". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 14 May 2025.