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.
Species
- Cleistogenes caespitosa <small>Keng</small> - China
- Cleistogenes festucacea <small>Honda</small> - China
- Cleistogenes gatacrei <small>(Stapf) Bor</small> - Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Cleistogenes hackelii <small>(Honda) Honda</small> - China, Japan, Korea
- Cleistogenes hancei <small>Keng</small> - China, Primorye
- Cleistogenes kitagawae <small>Honda</small> - Hebei, Liaoning, Mongolia, Russian Far East, Siberia
- Cleistogenes mucronata <small>Keng f.</small> - China
- Cleistogenes nedoluzhkoi <small>Tzvelev</small> - Primorye
- Cleistogenes polyphylla <small>Keng f.</small> - China
- Cleistogenes ramiflora <small>Keng f. & C.P.Wang</small> - Inner Mongolia
- Cleistogenes serotina <small>(L.) Keng</small> - Eurasia from Spain to Kazakhstan
- Cleistogenes songorica <small>(Roshev.) Ohwi</small> - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Cleistogenes squarrosa <small>(Trin. ex Ledeb.) Keng</small> - China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Caucasus
formerly included
see Orinus
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