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Sphenopholis

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Wedgescales
Sphenopholis obtusata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Aveninae
Genus: Sphenopholis
Kunth.[1][2]
Type species
Reboulea gracilis
Synonyms[3]
  • Reboulea Kunth 1830, illegitimate name not Reboulia Raddi 1818
  • Colobanthus (Trin.) Spach 1841, illegitimate name not Bartl. 1830
  • Trisetum unranked Colobanthus Trin.

Sphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.[4][5][6]

They are known generally as wedgescales.[7][8][9]

Species[3][10][11]

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