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. The name ''Cleistogenes'' was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with ''Kengia,'' but revisions to the Code of Nomenclature have reversed this situation. ''Cleistogenes'' is now the correct name. ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for ''Cleistogenes''
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* '' Cleistogenes gatacrei'' (Stapf) Bor -

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* '' Cleistogenes hackelii'' (Honda) Honda -

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* '' Cleistogenes hancei'' Keng -

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Cleistogenes kitagawae ''Cleistogenes'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The name ''Cleistogenes'' was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with ''Kengia,'' but revisions to the International Code of Nomenc ...

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* '' Cleistogenes mucronata'' Keng f. -

* '' Cleistogenes nedoluzhkoi'' Tzvelev -

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Cleistogenes polyphylla ''Cleistogenes'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The name ''Cleistogenes'' was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with ''Kengia,'' but revisions to the International Code of Nomenc ...

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* '' Cleistogenes ramiflora'' Keng f. & C.P.Wang -

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Cleistogenes serotina ''Cleistogenes serotina'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to Europe and temperate Asia. Culms are geniculately ascending, 1 mm in diameter, and 30–60 cm in height. Leaf-blades are spreading, flat, or involute, fr ...

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* '' Cleistogenes songorica'' (Roshev.) Ohwi -

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

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Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

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* '' Cleistogenes squarrosa'' (Trin. ex Ledeb.) Keng -

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; formerly included see '' Orinus'' * ''Cleistogenes kokonorica - Orinus kokonorica'' * ''Cleistogenes thoroldii - Orinus thoroldii''

References

Chloridoideae Poaceae genera Grasses of Asia Grasses of Europe Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Chloridoideae-stub