Poaceae
Agrostis

Agrostis griffithiana (Hook.f.) Bor

First published in Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan: 387 (1960)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam

Recorded in error in:

West Himalaya

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.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Paszko, B. & Pendry, C.A. (2013). Agrostis griffithiana (Poaceae: Agrostidinae) - typification, a new synonym and an update of the distribution in India. Phytotaxa 140: 26-34.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Paszko, B. & Pendry, C.A. (2013). Agrostis griffithiana (Poaceae: Agrostidinae) - typification, a new synonym and an update of the distribution in India. Phytotaxa 140: 26-34.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2014 Kingdon-Ward, F. [18145] India K000032328 Holotype Yes
Apr 1, 2014 Hooker, J.D.; Thomas.T. [s.n.] India Calamagrostis griffithiana K000032344 Type Yes
Apr 1, 2014 Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] India Calamagrostis griffithiana K000032345 Lectotype 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