Coelachyrum
Genus of grasses
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Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]
| Coelachyrum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Coelachyrum Hochst. & Nees |
| Type species | |
| Coelachyrum brevifolium | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Species
Six species are accepted.[2][1]
- Coelachyrum brevifolium Hochst. & Nees - Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms
- Coelachyrum burttii (C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson – Tanzania
- Coelachyrum lagopoides (Burm.f.) Senaratna - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Coelachyrum longiglume Napper - Somalia, Kenya Tanzania
- Coelachyrum piercei (Benth.) Bor - Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Pakistan
- Coelachyrum poiflorum Chiov. - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia,
- formerly included[1]
see Aeluropus Desmazeria
- Coelachyrum annuum - Desmazeria philistaea
- Coelachyrum indicum - Aeluropus lagopoides
- Coelachyrum yemenicum - Disakisperma yemenicum[6]
