Chasmopodium Explained

Chasmopodium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species^{[4] [5]}

• 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^{[4] [5]}

• Chasmopodium purpurascens - synonym of Rottboellia purpurascens

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

Notes and References

1. Stapf, Otto. 1917. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 76-77
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00123.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. Die Gattung Chasmopodium (Gramineae: Andropogonoideae) in Togo und anderen west-afrikanischen Ländern . 3995589 . Scholz . Hildemar . Willdenowia . 1977 . 8 . 1 . 5–16 .
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Chasmopodium The Plant List search for Chasmopodium
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451239 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families