''Capillipedium'' (common name scented-tops) is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of plants in the
grass family
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...
.
They are native to
Africa
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,
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
,
Australia
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, and certain islands in the
Western Pacific.
[Flora of Pakistan, ''Capillipedium'' Stapf]
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'' Capillipedium mistryi'' is an exception in the genus from India in which solid instead of translucent pedicels are seen and spikelets are multispiculated, racemes comprising up to 25 spikelets.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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; formerly included[
see '' Hemisorghum''
* ''Capillipedium venustum - Hemisorghum venustum''
]
See also
* List of Poaceae genera
Poaceae, also known as the true grasses, is the fourth largest plant family in the world with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the b ...
References
External links
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Andropogoneae
Poaceae genera
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