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Cleistogenes

Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as: Grass

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Cleistogenes is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family.

The name Cleistogenes was for a time considered an invalidly published name synonymous with Kengia, but revisions to the Code of Nomenclature have reversed this situation. Cleistogenes is now the correct name.

Other Cleistogenes plants

Cleistogenes serotina

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