Chasmopodium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]
| Chasmopodium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Rottboelliinae |
| Genus: | Chasmopodium Stapf |
| Type species | |
| Chasmopodium caudatum | |
- Chasmopodium afzelii (Hack.) Stapf – Sierra Leone, Togo
- Chasmopodium caudatum (Hack.) Stapf – Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Sudan, Angola
- Chasmopodium purpurascens - synonym of Rottboellia purpurascens
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Stapf, Otto. 1917. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 76-77
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Schol, Hildemar. 1977. Die Gattung Chasmopodium (Gramineae: Andropogonoideae) in Togo und anderen west-afrikanischen Ländern. Willdenowia 8: 5-16 in German
- ^ a b The Plant List search for Chasmopodium
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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