Oropetium is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Oropetium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Tripogoninae
Genus: Oropetium
Trin.
Synonyms[1]
  • Chaetostichium C.E.Hubb.
  • Lepturella Stapf
Species[1][5]
Formerly included[1]

see Tripogon

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 98, plate 3
  3. ^ Tropicos, Oropetium Trin.
  4. ^ Phillips, S. M. 1975. A review of the genus Oropetium (Gramineae). Kew Bull. 30(3): 467–470
  5. ^ The Plant List search for Oropetium
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