Cleistogenes is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family.Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 460 隐子草属 yin zi cao shu Cleistogenes Keng, Sinensia. 5: 147. 1934.
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.Keng, Yi Li 1934. Sinensia 5: 147Tropicos, Cleistogenes Keng
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Cleistogenes Cleistogenes caespitosa Keng - China Cleistogenes festucacea Honda - China Cleistogenes gatacrei (Stapf) Bor - Afghanistan, Pakistan Cleistogenes hackelii (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea Cleistogenes hancei Keng - China, Primorye Cleistogenes kitagawae Honda - Hebei, Liaoning, Mongolia, Russian Far East, Siberia Cleistogenes mucronata Keng f. - China Cleistogenes nedoluzhkoi Tzvelev - Primorye Cleistogenes polyphylla Keng f. - China Cleistogenes ramiflora Keng f. & C.P.Wang - Inner Mongolia Cleistogenes serotina (L.) Keng - Eurasia from Spain to Kazakhstan Cleistogenes songorica (Roshev.) Ohwi - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin. ex Ledeb.) Keng - China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Caucasus
formerly included see Orinus Cleistogenes kokonorica - Orinus kokonorica Cleistogenes thoroldii - Orinus thoroldii
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