| Chaetium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Melinidinae |
| Genus: | Chaetium Nees |
| Type species | |
| Chaetium festucoides | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Chaetium is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]
- Chaetium bromoides (J.Presl) Benth. - Mexico, Central America
- Chaetium cubanum (C.Wright) Hitchc. - Cuba
- Chaetium festucoides Nees - Colombia (Bolívar), Venezuela (Guárico, Monagas), Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Paraíba, Piauí, Maranhão, Pernambuco)
- ^ Tropicos, Chaetium Nees
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel 1829. Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 269–271 in Latin
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Morrone, O., F. O. Zuloaga, M. O. Arriaga, R. Pozner & S. S. Aliscioni. 1998. Revisión sistemática y análisis cladístico del género Chaetium (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(3): 404–424 in Spanish with English abstract; includes line drawings, maps, cladistic diagrams, and photos of microscopic features
- ^ The Plant List search for Chaetium