''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
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