Chlorocalymma Explained

Chlorocalymma is a genus of Tanzanian plants in the grass family.[1] [2] The only known species is Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum,[3] native to the Iringa Region of central Tanzania.[4]

The name is from the Greek words chloros (green) and kalymma (covering).[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Clayton, William Derek. 1970. Kew Bulletin 24: 461
  2. Web site: Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora . 2009-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090904050607/http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00131.htm . 2009-09-04 . dead .
  3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=404982 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Clayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). 451–898. In W. B. Turrill & R. M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam
  5. Quattrocchi, Umberto. CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, p. 488 (CRC Press, 2006).

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