Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Ctenium Panz.
TOOTHACHEGRASS
Classification
POALES
Ctenium
Citation
CTENIUM Panzer, Revis. Graeser 38, 61. 1813, nom. cons. vs. Campulosus Desvaux 1810.
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TYPE: Ctenium carolinianum Panzer, nom. illegit. (Chloris monostachya Michaux)

Legend

County
County - Species Present
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Ctenium aromaticum TOOTHACHEGRASS Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
Ctenium floridanum FLORIDA TOOTHACHEGRASS Native Endangered-State FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
[Family identification key]
1.  Rhizomes absent; upper glume with a row of prominent glands on each side of midrib, the glume awn diverging at maturity
1.  Rhizomes scaly; upper glume eglandular or glands few, inconspicuous, glume awn straight to ascending
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Campulosus Campulosus Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 189. 1810, nom. rej. vs. Ctenium Panzer 1813. TYPE: Campulosus gracilior Desvaux, nom. illegit. (Chloris monostachya Michaux, Campulosus monostachyos (Michaux) Palisot de Beauvois) Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 224. 1913. = Ctenium Panzer 1813, by lectotypi
Monathera Monathera Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 190. 1819. TYPE: = Monocera Elliott 1816; = Ctenium Panzer 1813.
Monocera Monocera Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 176. 1816. TYPE: = Ctenium Panzer 1813.
Triatherus Triatherus Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 3: 99. 1818. TYPE: = Monocera Elliott 1816; = Ctenium Panzer 1813.