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

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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'' is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.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. The only known species is ''Plagiosetum refractum'', found in Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, and New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbrev ...

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