Chaetobromus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Danthonioideae
Genus: Chaetobromus
Species: C. involucratus
Name

Chaetobromus Nees in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 449 (1836)
monotypic taxon

References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1836) A Natural System of Botany 449.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Chaetobromus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Chaetobromus. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
Tropicos.org 2013. Chaetobromus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Chaetobromus. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.

Chaetobromus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[4]

Species

There is only one known species, Chaetobromus involucratus, native to Namibia and Cape Province.[2][5]

Subspecies[2]

Three subspecies are accepted

Chaetobromus involucratus subsp. dregeanus (Nees) Verboom
Chaetobromus involucratus subsp. involucratus
Chaetobromus involucratus subsp. sericeus (Nees) Verboom

Formerly included[2]

taxa once considered part of Chaetobromus but now regarded as better suited to Tenaxia :

Chaetobromus fascicularis - Tenaxia stricta
Chaetobromus strictus - Tenaxia stricta