Chlorocalymma
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''Chlorocalymma'' is a genus of Tanzanian 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 only known species is ''Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum'', native to the Iringa Region of central Tanzania. The name is from the Greek words ''chloros'' (green) and ''kalymma'' (covering).Quattrocchi, Umberto.
CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology
', p. 488 (CRC Press, 2006).


See also

* List of Poaceae genera


References

Panicoideae Endemic flora of Tanzania Monotypic Poaceae genera {{Panicoideae-stub