''Cleistogenes'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

. 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. ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for ''Cleistogenes''
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Cleistogenes caespitosa ''Cleistogenes'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family. The name ''Cleistogenes'' was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with ''Kengia,'' but revisions to the Code of Nomenclature have reversed t ...

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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Cleistogenes gatacrei ''Cleistogenes'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family. The name ''Cleistogenes'' was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with ''Kengia,'' but revisions to the Code of Nomenclature have reversed t ...

'' (Stapf) Bor - Afghanistan, Pakistan * ''

Cleistogenes hackelii ''Cleistogenes'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family. The name ''Cleistogenes'' was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with ''Kengia,'' but revisions to the Code of Nomenclature have reversed t ...

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, Korea * '' Cleistogenes hancei'' Keng -

, Primorye * '' Cleistogenes kitagawae'' Honda - Hebei,

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

, Mongolia, Russian Far East, Siberia * '' Cleistogenes mucronata'' Keng f. -

* '' Cleistogenes nedoluzhkoi'' Tzvelev - Primorye * '' Cleistogenes polyphylla'' Keng f. -

* '' Cleistogenes ramiflora'' Keng f. & C.P.Wang - Inner Mongolia * '' Cleistogenes serotina'' (L.) Keng - Eurasia from Spain to Kazakhstan * '' Cleistogenes songorica'' (Roshev.) Ohwi -

, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan * ''

Cleistogenes squarrosa ''Cleistogenes'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family. The name ''Cleistogenes'' was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with ''Kengia,'' but revisions to the Code of Nomenclature have reversed ...

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, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Caucasus ; formerly included see ''

Orinus ''Orinus'' is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Orinus alticulmus'' L.B.Cai & Tong L.Zhang - Qinghai * '' Orinus anomala'' Keng f. - Qinghai, Sichuan * ''Orinus kokonorica'' (K.S.Hao) Keng - Gansu, Qinghai * '' Orinus ...

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Orinus kokonorica ''Orinus'' is a genus of Asian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ; Species * ''Orinus alticulmus'' L.B.Cai & Tong L.Zhang - Qinghai * ''Orinus anomala'' Keng f. - Qinghai, Sichuan * ''Orinus kokonorica'' (K.S.Hao) Keng - Gansu, Qinghai * ''Or ...

'' * ''Cleistogenes thoroldii -

Orinus thoroldii ''Orinus'' is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Orinus alticulmus'' L.B.Cai & Tong L.Zhang - Qinghai * ''Orinus anomala'' Keng f. - Qinghai, Sichuan * ''Orinus kokonorica'' (K.S.Hao) Keng - Gansu, Qinghai * ''Orinus lo ...

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Chloridoideae Poaceae genera Grasses of Asia Grasses of Europe Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Chloridoideae-stub