Poaceae
Calamagrostis

Calamagrostis elatior (Griseb.) A.Camus

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 75: 555 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to Assam. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, East Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 10, 2012 Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [2244] India K000838354 Syntype Yes
Mar 10, 2012 Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000838353 Syntype Yes
Feb 14, 2012 Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000098594 Syntype Yes
Feb 14, 2012 Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000098595 Type Yes
Feb 14, 2012 Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000098596 Syntype Yes
Griffith [870] India Deyeuxia elatior K000098597 Isotype 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