Phaenanthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family.[1][2][3] The only known species is Phaenanthoecium koestlinii, native to Northeast Tropical Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea) and Yemen.[4][5][6]

Phaenanthoecium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Phaenanthoecium
C.E.Hubb.
Species:
P. koestlinii
Binomial name
Phaenanthoecium koestlinii
(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.E.Hubb.
Synonyms
  • Danthonia koestlinii Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Streblochaete schimperi Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Streblochaete koestlinii T.Durand & Schinz

References edit

  1. ^ Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1936. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1936(5): 329
  2. ^ Tropicos, Phaenanthoecium C.E. Hubb.
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  6. ^ Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.