Coelachyrum

Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae

Native toAlgeria, Bangladesh, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Mali

Observations23

Observations recorded569

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 7
With media: 6
Family: Poaceae
Collections: MO, US, UPS, TAES, BG
Recorded in: Ethiopia, Somalia, Algeria, Yemen

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Poaceae

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Coelachyrum
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2766
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Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.

==Species== Six species are accepted. Coelachyrum brevifolium Hochst. & Nees - Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms Coelachyrum burttii – 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 see Aeluropus Desmazeria Coelachyrum annuum - Desmazeria philistaea Coelachyrum indicum - Aeluropus lagopoides Coelachyrum yemenicum - Disakisperma yemenicum

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