Coelachyrum burttii
Genus of grasses
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Coelachyrum burttii is a species of grass. it is a loosely tufted annual native to the Kondoa District of north-central Tanzania.[3][4] Its leaf blades are up to 30 cm. long and 4 mm. wide, glabrous or sparsely hairy on the upper side. Culms are 20 to 90 cm high, erect or sharply bent and rooting at lower nodes. It grows in grey sandy seasonally-wet soils in deciduous bushland and farm fallows between 1100 and 1600 meters elevation.[1]
| Coelachyrum burttii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Coelachyrum |
| Species: | C. burttii |
| Binomial name | |
| Coelachyrum burttii (C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Apochiton burttii C.E.Hubb. | |
