Ctenium Concissum
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''Ctenium'' 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 ...
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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 ...
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Dactyloctenium ''Dactyloctenium'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India. A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses. ...
Enteropogon ''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Tetrapogon'' * ''Ctenium digitatum -
Enteropogon dolichostachyus ''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Tetrapogon tenellus'' * ''Ctenium nukaviense -
Dactyloctenium aegyptium ''Dactyloctenium aegyptium'', or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native to Africa and Asia. The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites. Description This grass creeps and has a straight shoot which are usuall ...
'' * ''Ctenium rupestre - Enteropogon rupestris'' * ''Ctenium sechellense - Enteropogon sechellensis''


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Chloridoideae Poaceae genera {{Chloridoideae-stub