Ctenium

Ctenium aromaticum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Cteniinae
Genus: Ctenium
Species: (20)
C. aromaticum – C. bahiense – C. brachystachyum – C. brevispicatum – C. canescens – C. chapadense – C. cirrhosum – C. concinnum – C. concissum – C. elegans – C. floridanum – C. ledermannii – C. longiglume – C. newtonii – C. planifolium – C. plumosum – C. polystachyum – C. sesquiflorum – C. somalense – C. villosum

Name

• Ctenium Panz., Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 4: 288 (1813 publ. 1814)
• Type species: Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 806 (1861)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Campuloa Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 69 (1813).
  • Campulosus Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 69 (1813).
  • Monocera Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 176 (1816).
  • Triatherus Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 3: 99 (1818)nom. superfl., non Triathera Desv.(1810)
  • Monathera Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 190 (1819), nom. superfl.
  • Aplocera Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 193 (1830), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America & Africa Alabama, Angola, Benin, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Ethiopia, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, New Jersey, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Carolina, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Virginia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Saudi Arabia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Panzer, G.W.F. (1813) Ideen zu einer Künftigen Revision der Gattungen der Gräser Gräs. 38, 61.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Ctenium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Ctenium. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Ctenium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Ctenium. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

مصرى: كتينيوم
English: toothache grass
français: Robertus
മലയാളം: സെറ്റീനിയം

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