Chlorocalymma is a genus of Tanzanian plants in the grass family.[1][2] The only known species is Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum,[3] native to the Iringa Region of central Tanzania.[4]

Chlorocalymma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Anthephorinae
Genus: Chlorocalymma
Clayton
Species:
C. cryptacanthum
Binomial name
Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum

The name is from the Greek words chloros (green) and kalymma (covering).[5]

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References edit

  1. ^ Clayton, William Derek. 1970. Kew Bulletin 24: 461
  2. ^ "Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Clayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). 451–898. In W. B. Turrill & R. M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam
  5. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto. CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, p. 488 (CRC Press, 2006).