Cleistochloa

Cleistochloa
Cleistochloa uncinulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Neurachninae
Genus:
C.E.Hubb.
Type species
Cleistochloa subjuncea

Cleistochloa is a genus of bunchgrasses in the family Poaceae.[1] It includes three species native to New Guinea and eastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales).[2]

Species

Three species are accepted.[2]

  • Cleistochloa sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. - Queensland and New Guinea
  • Cleistochloa subjuncea C.E.Hubb. - Queensland and New South Wales
  • Cleistochloa uncinulata (R.Br.) Mabb. & D.T.Moore – Queensland and New South Wales; introduced to Fiji

Formerly placed here

References

  1. ^ Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1933. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33: plate 3209
  2. ^ a b "Cleistochloa C.E.Hubb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 May 2025.