# Paractaenum

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Genus of grasses

Paractaenum Paractaenum novae-hollandiae Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Panicoideae Supertribe: Panicodae Tribe: Paniceae Subtribe: Cenchrinae Genus: Paractaenum P.Beauv. Type species Paractaenum novae-hollandiae P.Beauv. Synonyms[1] Parectenium Stapf, alternate spelling

***Paractaenum*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [Australian](/source/Australia) plants in the [grass family](/source/Poaceae).[2][3]

The genus name, *Paractaenum*, comes from the Greek, παραkτείνω, meaning "I extend".[2]

**Species[4][5]**

- *[Paractaenum novae-hollandiae](/source/Paractaenum_novae-hollandiae)* [P.Beauv.](/source/P.Beauv.) - Australia (Northern Territory, all states except Tasmania)

- *[Paractaenum refractum](/source/Paractaenum_refractum)* (F.Muell.) R.D.Webster - Australia (Northern Territory, all states except Tasmania + Victoria)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Tropicos, *Parectenium* Stapf](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40001795)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-palisot_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-palisot_2-1) [Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 47](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394126#page/131/mode/1up) description in Latin, commentary in French

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate X (10), figure VI (6)](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394126#page/295/mode/1up) line drawing of *Paractaenum novae-hollandiae*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Tropicos, search for *Paractaenum*](http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Paractaenum&commonname=)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Atlas of Living Australia](http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:413024#tab_classification)

Taxon identifiers Paractaenum Wikidata: Q1920053 Wikispecies: Paractaenum APNI: 96039 BOLD: 224038 CoL: 8W24K eFloraSA: Paractaenum EPPO: 1PKTG FloraBase: 21047 GBIF: 4117623 GrassBase: gen00453 GRIN: 8827 iNaturalist: 577247 IPNI: 18667-1 IRMNG: 1292580 NCBI: 1056877 Open Tree of Life: 531379 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18667-1 Tropicos: 40001053 WFO: wfo-4000028000

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