Chaetobromus

Chaetobromus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Danthonioideae
Genus:	Chaetobromus; Nees
Binomial name
	Chaetobromus involucratus; (Schrad.) Nees
Synonyms
	Danthonia sect. Chaetobromus (Nees) Steud.; Avena involucrata Schrad.; Danthonia involucrata (Schrad.) Schrad.; Pentameris involucrata (Schrad.) Nees; Chaetobromus dregeanus Nees; Danthonia dregeana (Nees) Steud.; Chaetobromus interceptus Nees; Danthonia intercepta (Nees) Steud.; Chaetobromus schraderi Stapf; Chaetobromus schlechteri Pilg.; Chaetobromus involucratus var. sericeus Nees;

Chaetobromus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.^[4]

There is only one known species, Chaetobromus involucratus, native to Namibia and Cape Province.^[2]^[5]

Three subspecies are accepted

taxa once considered part of Chaetobromus but now regarded as better suited to Tenaxia :

References

^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Natural System of Botany, page 449
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Tropicos, Chaetobromus Nees
^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
^ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria

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