Poaceae
Germainia

Germainia capitata Balansa & Poitr.

First published in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 7: 344 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. China to Indo-China, New Guinea to N. Queensland. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, China Southeast, New Guinea, Queensland, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Teerawatananon, A. & al. (2013). A taxonomic revision of Germainia (Andropogoneae: Poaceae) in Thailand. Blumea 57: 221-228.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 28, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [9583] Thailand K000620400 Yes
Mar 28, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [9583] Thailand K000620399 Yes
Mar 28, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [9583] Thailand K000648149 Yes
Mar 28, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [8831] Thailand K000648148 Yes
Mar 28, 2008 Lazarides, M. [7468] Thailand K000648147 Yes
Jan 21, 2008 Smitinand, T. [1794] Thailand K000688609 Yes
Jan 21, 2008 van Beusekom, C.F.; et al. [4265] Thailand K000688610 Yes
Jan 21, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [13687] Thailand K000620402 Yes
Jan 21, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [13687] Thailand K000620401 Yes
Jan 21, 2008 Smitinand, T. [367] Thailand K000688608 Yes
Aug 18, 1986 Moore, C. [s.n.] Australia K001050207 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0