Poaceae
Andropogon

Andropogon distachyos L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1046 (1753), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Cameroon, Canary Is., Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Palestine, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 218.
  • Sp. Pl. 1046 (1753)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hassler, M. (2012). Flora of Rhodes. Systematic list of flora of Rhodes http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~db111/flora/rhodos/list.php.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.
  • Robyns, W. (1929). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1: 1-229. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 58 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 485 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 103 (1965).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 388 (1956).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 15 (1960).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 1046 (1753).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 130 (1929).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 55 (1955).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 218 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mwangargi, O.M. [184] Kenya K003093588 No
de Heldreich [s.n.] K003091573 No
Zuccarini [14] Italy K003091502 No
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [3609] Samoa K003091581 No
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1254] Albania K003091529 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] Malta K003091474 No
Gallagher, M.D. [87573] Oman K003091620 No
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, G. [398] Cyprus K003091586 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [25108] Kenya K003093589 No
Rattray, J.M. [1425] Zimbabwe K003094103 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [8674] Ethiopia K003093268 No
Chiovenda [2348] Ethiopia K003093262 No
Celarier, R.P. [A-4392-I] United States K003091630 No
Ash [2664] Ethiopia K003093260 No
Bogdan, A. [AB2869] Kenya K003093594 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Melaku, W. [10505] Ethiopia K003093255 No
Holub, J. [s.n.] Cyprus K003091591 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003091525 No
Miller, A.G. [448] Yemen K003091615 No
Boughey, A.S. [GC6838] Cameroon K003092950 No
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [3667] Samoa K003091582 No
Gilbert, M.G. [4104] Ethiopia K003093263 No
s.coll. [282] Spain K003091522 No
Bourgeau, E. [157] K003091570 No
Robert, E.; Fries, T.C.E. [876] Kenya K003093590 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003091484 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Melaku, W. [10474] Ethiopia K003093256 No
Haarer, A. [A51] Tanzania K003093583 No
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15422] Ethiopia K003093254 No
Bricknell, C.A. [49] Malta K003091497 No
Péronin, A. [110] K003091572 No
Bourgeau, E. [156] K003091569 No
Davis, P.H.; Hedge, I.C. [D26436] Türkiye K003091575 No
[G. E. Atheston] [1324] Cyprus K003091598 No
[M. Stale] [101] Cameroon K003092949 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [2710] Eritrea K003093273 No
Schimper [1027] Ethiopia K003093265 No
de Heldreich [6] Greece K003091510 No
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [17060/3] Saudi Arabia K003091607 No
Gilbert, J.L. [37] West Bank K003091560 No
Bogdan, A. [AB3506] Kenya K003093593 No
Schweinfurth, G. [43] Eritrea K003093272 No
Davis, P.H. [4334] West Bank K003091563 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Algeria K003091632 No
Kuntze, C.E.O.; Kneucker, A. [62] Italy K003091506 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] Malta K003091496 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Israel K003091551 No
Bally [8106A] Kenya K003093591 No
Davis [3246] Cyprus K003091595 No
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [127] Yemen K003091617 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003091511 No
Todaro [666] Italy K001651696 No
Syngrassides, A.I. [648] Cyprus K003091587 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003091481 No
Bjornstad, A. [AB371b] Kenya K003093587 No
Celarier, R.P. [A-3813] Israel K003091559 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Algeria K003091631 No
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Greece K003091512 No
Collenette, I.S. [3971] Saudi Arabia K003091606 No
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [5] Yemen K003091616 No
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4388] Yemen K003091613 No
Huet; Jacquin [s.n.] France K003091488 No
Rechinger, K.H. [12559] Greece K003091520 No
Davis [3376] Cyprus K003091597 No
Gandoger, M. [9436] K003091515 No
St.-Lager [s.n.] Spain K003091528 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B.; Tewolde, B. [GE2505] Ethiopia K003093259 No
Pappi, A. [86] Eritrea K003093270 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003091552 No
Bornmuller, J. [1584] K003091555 No
s.coll [s.n.] Greece K001770403 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Greece K003091516 Yes
Reichenbach [s.n.] Italy K001770404 Yes
Sieber [s.n.] Italy K003091500 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [319] Spain K001770401 Yes
s.coll [228] Spain K003091526 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Spain K001770402 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Spain K003091527 Yes
Hill, W.J. [H3/30/24] Tanzania K003093580 No
Eig, A.; Naftolsky, N. [s.n.] West Bank K003091561 No
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [7419] K003091580 No
Roth [s.n.] Ethiopia K003093266 No
Collenette, I.S. [9011] Saudi Arabia K003091601 No
Pampanini, R.; Pichi-Sermolli, R. [s.n.] Morocco K003091635 No
Butler, T. [s.n.] France K003091478 No
Mooney, H.F. [4415] Lebanon K003091558 No
Gandoger, M. [11933] K003091517 No
Roth [167] Ethiopia K003093267 No
Davis [2361] Cyprus K003091584 No
Schimper [1031] Ethiopia K003093264 No
Casey, E.C. [921] Cyprus K003091592 No
Renvoize, S.A. [2684] K003091578 No
Merton, L.F.H. [2706] Cyprus K003091594 No
Wood, J.R.I. [2408] Yemen K003091614 No
Haarer, A. [A55] Tanzania K003093582 No
Nesbitt, R.M.A. [4307] Israel K003091550 No
Wilson, J. [510] Uganda K003093585 No
Sintenis, P. [398] Cyprus K003091589 No
Bourgeau, E. [268] Türkiye K003091571 No
Collenette, I.S. [9046] Saudi Arabia K003091602 No
Davis [2455] Cyprus K003091585 No
Guadagno, M.; Adr. Fiori; Béguinot, A. [s.n.] Italy K003091505 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003091490 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003091477 No
Collenette, I.S. [8783] Saudi Arabia K003091603 No
Pappi, A. [83] Eritrea K003093269 No
Merton, L.F.H. [785] Cyprus K003091599 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003091482 No
Mann, G. [2078] Cameroon K003092948 No
Scaetta [1671] Rwanda K003092952 No
Davis [40429] Greece K003091579 No
Gandoger, M. [[4995]] K003091519 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003091485 No
Boulos, L.; Ads, A.S. [13885] Saudi Arabia K003091605 No
Bicknell, C.; Kueucker, A. [s.n.] Italy K003091504 No
Syngrassides, A.I. [648] Cyprus K003091593 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003091524 No
Collenette, I.S. [3680] Saudi Arabia K003091608 No
s.coll. [153] France K003091476 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [371] France K003091471 No
Tengwall, T.A. [201] Türkiye K003091576 No
Mann [1345] Cameroon K003092947 No
Collenette, I.S. [9498] Saudi Arabia K003091611 No
Bornmuller, J. [490] Italy K003091491 No
Price, W.R. [383] Greece K003091514 No
Thomas, A.S. [Th3635] Uganda K003093586 No
[Rofeta] [s.n.] Italy K003091503 No
Endrefs [s.n.] France K001651695 No
Danin, A. [s.n.] K003091556 No
Boulos, L.; Ads, A.S. [14149] Saudi Arabia K003091610 No
[Kerrie Gotto Smith] [[KGS605]] Saudi Arabia K003091604 No
Nesbitt, R.M.A. [4246] Israel K003091557 No
Ross, H. [89] Italy K003091493 No
Schweinfurth, G. [1435] K003091619 No
Hayne, W.A. [s.n.] K003091562 No
Park, B.C. [452] Libya K001651698 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [T214] Tanzania K003093581 No
Gandoger, M. [296] K003091521 No
Sandwith, N.Y.; Simpson, N.D. [2416] Morocco K003091634 No
Townsend, C.C. [69/61] Greece K003091513 No
Davis, P.H. [4314] West Bank K003091568 No
Merton, L.F.H. [2183] Cyprus K003091600 No
Gamble, J.S. [20318] Italy K003091492 No
[Goulon] [s.n.] France K003091475 No
Bornmuller, J. [1558] Greece K003091509 No
Syngrassides, A.I. [648] Cyprus K003091588 No
Trethewy, A.W. [12] Morocco K003091633 No
Merton, F. [953] Cyprus K003091590 No
Meikle, R.D. [2402] Cyprus K003091596 No
Gandoger, M. [7970] Greece K003091518 No
Pichler, T. [s.n.] K003091553 No
Boughey, A.S. [10621] Nigeria K003092945 No
Thomas, L. [s.n.] France K003091483 No
Gandoger, M. [429] France K003091479 No
Eggeling, W.J. [E5898] Uganda K003093584 No
Huter, R.; Porta, P.; Rigo, G. [269] Italy K003091507 No
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1197] Eritrea K003093271 No
Willkommii, H.M. [934] K003091523 No
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [6706] West Bank K003091567 No
Robinson, E.A. [5213] Zambia K003094102 No
Easter, A.E. [s.n.] France K003091472 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [925] Italy K003091508 No
Pichler, T.; Barbey, W. [646] Türkiye K003091574 No
Gamble, J.S. [28147] Malta K003091495 No
Robertson, S.A. [1453a] Ethiopia K003093257 No
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria K003091565 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003091480 No
[J. D. M.] [1035] Cameroon K003092946 No
Lindberg, H. [s.n.] Cyprus K003091583 No
Pappi, A. [2129] Eritrea K000280523 Type Yes
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [m706] West Bank K003091566 No
Davis; Polunin, O. [25985] Türkiye K003091577 No
Pons, A. [s.n.] France K003091489 No
Bernet [171] Syria K003091554 No
Bornmuller, J. [1583] West Bank K003091564 No
Todaro [666] Italy K003091494 No
Bogdan, A. [AB1999] Kenya K003093595 No
de Heldreich [1326] Greece K001651697 No
Cosson, M.M.E.; Adanson, D.; Letourneux, A.; Reboud, V.; Barratte, G. [s.n.] Tunisia K003091629 No
Gabriel Strobl, P. [s.n.] Italy K003091499 No
Chiovenda [2594] Ethiopia K003093261 No
Gabriel Strobl, P. [s.n.] Italy K003091498 No
Reverchon, E. [68] France K003091486 No
de Retz, B. [330] France K003091473 No
[Mann] [1345] Cameroon K003092951 No
Burger, W. [1014] Ethiopia K003093258 No
Kokwaro, J.O. [3170] Kenya K003093592 No
Collenette, I.S. [3874] Saudi Arabia K003091612 No
Collenette, I.S. [7768] Saudi Arabia K003091609 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003091487 No

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