Biology:Chlorocalymma

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Chlorocalymma
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Clayton
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Binomial name
Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum
Clayton

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]

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

See also

References

  1. Clayton, William Derek. 1970. Kew Bulletin 24: 461
  2. "Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora". http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00131.htm. 
  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).

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