''Paractaenum'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
Australian plants in the
grass family.
[Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 47]
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'' P.Beauv. - Australia (Northern Territory, all states except Tasmania)
* '' Paractaenum refractum'' (F.Muell.) R.D.Webster - Australia (Northern Territory, all states except Tasmania + Victoria)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1920053
Panicoideae
Poaceae genera
Flora of Australia