Uranthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3][4] The only known species is Uranthoecium truncatum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia.[1][5] A common name is flat-stem grass.[6]
| Flat-stem grass | |
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| Uranthoecium truncatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Cenchrinae |
| Genus: | Uranthoecium (Maiden & Betche) Stapf |
| Species: | U. truncatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Uranthoecium truncatum (Maiden & Betche) Stapf
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Stapf, Otto. 1916. Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium 31: plate 3073 plus 2 subsequent text pages descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, full-page line drawing
- ^ Tropicos, Uranthoecium Stapf
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Uranthoecium truncatum (Maiden & Betche) Stapf, Flat-stem Grass
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