''Paractaenum'' is a genus of

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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 ...

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description in Latin, commentary in French The genus name, ''Paractaenum'', comes from the Greek, παραkτείνω, meaning "I extend". ; SpeciesAtlas of Living Australia
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Paractaenum novae-hollandiae ''Paractaenum novae-hollandiae'' (common name - reflexed panic grass) is a grass (family Poaceae), native to Western Australia. It is an annual herb growing from 0.2 to 0.5 m high, on sands and loams. Its green-purple flowers may be seen from Mar ...

P.Beauv. Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (27 July 1752, in Arras – 21 January 1820, in Paris) was a French Natural history, naturalist and zoologist. Palisot collected insects in Oware, Benin, Saint Domingue, and the United ...

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Paractaenum refractum ''Plagiosetum'' is a genus of 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 gra ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1920053 Panicoideae Poaceae genera Flora of Australia