Biology:Oropetium
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Short description: Genus of grasses
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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: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Tripogoninae |
| Genus: | Oropetium Trin. |
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Oropetium is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]
- Oropetium aristatum (Stapf) Pilg. - tropical West Africa
- Oropetium capense Stapf - Arabian Peninsula, desert and near-desert regions of Africa
- Oropetium minimum (Hochst.) Pilg. - Arabian Peninsula, eastern + northeastern Africa
- Oropetium roxburghianum (Schult.) S.M.Phillips - India
- Oropetium thomaeum (L.f.) Trin. - eastern + northeastern Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam
- Oropetium villosulum Stapf ex Bor - India
- Formerly included[1]
see Tripogon
- Oropetium africanum - Tripogon africanus
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 98, plate 3
- ↑ Tropicos, Oropetium Trin.
- ↑ Phillips, S. M. 1975. A review of the genus Oropetium (Gramineae). Kew Bull. 30(3): 467–470
- ↑ The Plant List search for Oropetium
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1988416 entry
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