| Chasmopodium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Rottboelliinae |
| Genus: | Chasmopodium Stapf |
| Type species | |
| Chasmopodium caudatum (Hack.) Stapf | |
Chasmopodium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
- Species
- Chasmopodium afzelii (Hack.) Stapf – Sierra Leone, Togo
- Chasmopodium caudatum (Hack.) Stapf – Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Sudan, Angola
- Formerly included
- Chasmopodium purpurascens - synonym of Rottboellia purpurascens
See also
References
- Stapf, Otto. 1917. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 76-77
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- Scholz, Hildemar (1977). "Die Gattung Chasmopodium (Gramineae: Andropogonoideae) in Togo und anderen west-afrikanischen Ländern". Willdenowia. 8 (1): 5–16. JSTOR 3995589.
- ^ The Plant List search for Chasmopodium
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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