Ctenium

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Ctenium
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Ctenium aromaticum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Cteniinae
P.M.Peterson, Romasch. & Y.Herrera
Genus: Ctenium
Panz. 1813 not C.E.O. Jensen 1923 [1]
Type species
Ctenium carolinianum
(syn of C. aromaticum) [2] [3]
Synonyms [3]
  • AploceraRaf.
  • CampuloaDesv.
  • CampulosusDesv.
  • MonatheraRaf.
  • MonoceraElliott
  • TriatherusRaf.

Ctenium is a genus of African and American plants in the grass family. [4] [5]

Species [3] [6]
formerly included

see Dactyloctenium Enteropogon Tetrapogon

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References

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