Cleistogenes Explained

Cleistogenes is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]}

Species^[4]

• Cleistogenes caespitosa Keng - China
• Cleistogenes festucacea Honda - China
• Cleistogenes gatacrei (Stapf) Bor - Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Cleistogenes hackelii (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea
• Cleistogenes hancei Keng - China, Primorye
• Cleistogenes kitagawae Honda - Hebei, Liaoning, Mongolia, Russian Far East, Siberia
• Cleistogenes mucronata Keng f. - China
• Cleistogenes nedoluzhkoi Tzvelev - Primorye
• Cleistogenes polyphylla Keng f. - China
• Cleistogenes ramiflora Keng f. & C.P.Wang - Inner Mongolia
• Cleistogenes serotina (L.) Keng - Eurasia from Spain to Kazakhstan
• Cleistogenes songorica (Roshev.) Ohwi - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin. ex Ledeb.) Keng - China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Caucasus

formerly includedsee Orinus

• Cleistogenes kokonorica - Orinus kokonorica
• Cleistogenes thoroldii - Orinus thoroldii

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107302 Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 460 隐子草属 yin zi cao shu Cleistogenes Keng, Sinensia. 5: 147. 1934.
2. Keng, Yi Li 1934. Sinensia 5: 147
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010051 Tropicos, Cleistogenes Keng
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Cleistogenes The Plant List search for Cleistogenes