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

Ctenium
Ctenium aromaticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Aplocera Raf.
  • Campuloa Desv.
  • Campulosus Desv.
  • Monathera Raf.
  • Monocera Elliott
  • Triatherus Raf.
Species[3][6]
formerly included

see Dactyloctenium Enteropogon Tetrapogon

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos search for Ctenium
  2. ^ Tropicos, Ctenium Panz.
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz 1813. Ideen zu einer Künftigen Revision der Gattungen der Gräser Gräs. 38, 61
  5. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Ctenium

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