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Ctenium

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Ctenium is a genus of African and American plants in the grass family.

Species

FamilyPoaceae
Native toAlabama, Angola, Benin, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
273
With media
157
Family
Pylaisiaceae
Collections
US, INHS
Recorded in
Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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Ctenium aromaticum 1.jpg
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taxon name
Ctenium
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Ctenium
taxon common name
toothache grass
Commons category
Ctenium
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ctenium is a genus of African and American plants in the grass family. Species formerly included see Dactyloctenium Enteropogon Tetrapogon Ctenium digitatum - Enteropogon dolichostachyus Ctenium indicum - Tetrapogon tenellus Ctenium nukaviense - Dactyloctenium aegyptium Ctenium rupestre - Enteropogon rupestris Ctenium sechellense - Enteropogon sechellensis

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ctenium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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