Chasmopodium

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Rottboelliinae
Genus: Chasmopodium
Species: C. afzelii – C. caudatum
Name

Chasmopodium Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 76 (1917)
Type species: Chasmopodium caudatum (Hack.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 77 (1917)

References

Stapf, O. (1917) Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 76.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Chasmopodium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Chasmopodium. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3.
Tropicos.org 2013. Chasmopodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Chasmopodium. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2013.Chasmopodium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]

Species[4][5]

Chasmopodium afzelii (Hack.) Stapf – Sierra Leone, Togo
Chasmopodium caudatum (Hack.) Stapf – Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Sudan, Angola

Formerly included[4][5]

Chasmopodium purpurascens - synonym of Rottboellia purpurascens