Poaceae
Desmostachya

Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 632 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sahara to Tanzania and Indo-China. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

Cocos (Keeling) Is., Lesser Sunda Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • 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.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • 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.
  • Datta, B.K., Saha, R. Roy, M. & Majumder, K. (2008). Grasses of West Tripura district, Tripura, India. Pleione 2: 98-105.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • 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.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 15, 1934 s.coll. [s.n.] India K000245137 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1929 s.coll. [s.n.] India K000907349 Unknown Type Material Yes
Duthie, J.F. [22907c] India K002093404 Yes
Hart, H.C. [s.n.] K002093322 No
[manučebru] [8009 E] Iran K002093228 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [21565] Thailand K000621549 Yes
Dobson, A.Y. [276] Afghanistan K002093318 No
Blatter, E. [2561] India K002093397 Yes
Mokim [1421] India K002093356 Yes
Forsskal, P.; Hepper, F.N.; Friis, I. [1182] Egypt K002093305 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Niger K002093331 No
Lawton, R.M. [2368] Oman K002093257 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [22908a] India K002093401 Yes
[H. J] [3821[G]] India K002093376 Yes
Waring, J. (Capt.) [s.n.] Yemen K002093247 Yes
Robertson, V.C. [13488] Iraq K002093213 Yes
s.coll. [3333A] India K002093358 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [1140] Afghanistan K002093315 No
Singh, V. [2998] India K002093410 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] Pakistan K002093336 Yes
Oza, G.M. [OZH1] India K002093361 Yes
Schaaf, D. [43] Nepal K002093353 Yes
{Monier Abd El Ghani} [3932] Egypt K002093298 No
Davies, H. [7886] Egypt K002093297 No
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson [653] India K002093365 Yes
Gentry, H.S. [12979] Afghanistan K002093310 No
Gamble, J.S. [20791] India K002093381 Yes
Abd El Ghani, M.M. [s.n.] Egypt K002093299 No
Laurie, A. [25] Nepal K002093351 Yes
Wingate, G. [s.n.] India K002093396 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [39] Afghanistan K002093313 No
Drummond, J.R. [21283] India K002093402 Yes
S. C. Pande[y]a [916] India K002093406 Yes
s.coll. [1] Egypt K002093302 No
Gould, F.W.; Roy, G.P. [13011] India K002093374 Yes
Royle, H.B. [s.n.] India K002093371 Yes
Griffith, W. [234] Afghanistan K002093311 No
s.coll. [[5]] Yemen K002093246 Yes
[Surg. Lt. Harris] [16813] Pakistan K002093340 Yes
Pratt [YS42] Yemen K002093238 No
Gamble, J.S. [12239] India K002093386 Yes
Rhind, D. [2624] Burma K002093413 Yes
Forsskal, P.; Hepper, F.N.; Friis, I. [1181] Egypt K002093304 No
Duthie, J.F. [22907] India K002093405 Yes
Deyoe, C.F. [5] Afghanistan K002093306 No
Duthie, J.F. [22908B] India K002093388 Yes
Mandaville Jr., J.P. [487] Saudi Arabia K002093236 Yes
[Eug .Gates] [s.n.] Burma K002093412 Yes
Thomson, G. [253] India K002093380 Yes
Hart, H.C. [s.n.] K002093323 No
Qaiser, M.; Ghafoor, A. [4063] Pakistan K002093338 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12584] India K002093382 Yes
Boulos, L. [20026] Egypt K002093296 No
Shabetai, J.R. [16] Egypt K002093260 Yes
[R. Ogboin] [61] Yemen K002093245 Yes
Anderson, J.S.; Peterson, I.C. [480] Pakistan K002093348 Yes
Schoof, D. [42] Nepal K002093350 Yes
Ram, S. [7] India K002093393 Yes
Rossetti, C. [180] Algeria K002093332 No
Hepper, F.N. [5732] Yemen K002093240 Yes
[H. J] [3821B] India K002093377 Yes
s.coll. [26316B] India K002093357 Yes
Jennings, E.A. [5] Yemen K002093243 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3822] India K002093367 Yes
Mokim [1421] India K002093354 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1636] Saudi Arabia K002093234 Yes
Aitchison [154] India K001730609 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3544] India K002093362 Yes
Furse, P. [5544] Afghanistan K002093316 No
Anderson, J.S.; Peterson, I.C. [480] Pakistan K002093349 Yes
Falconer [s.n.] K001730611 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [56909] Pakistan K002093339 Yes
{W. B. k. Shaw} [8] Libya K002093325 No
S. C. Pande[y]a [917] India K002093408 Yes
Bisset, E. [3] Yemen K002093237 Yes
s.coll. [4130] Saudi Arabia K002093249 Yes
Griffith [236] Afghanistan K001730613 Yes
Boulos, L. [16468] Yemen K002093244 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8473] Thailand K000621545 Yes
A.S.F. [D3] India K002093407 No
Simpson, N.D. [1427] Egypt K002093265 Yes
Cope, T.A. [25] Oman K002093258 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3649] Oman K002093255 Yes
Ogden, D.A. [s.n.] Libya K002093327 No
Gibbons, R.B.; Gibbons, L. [353] Afghanistan K002093317 No
Stewart, R.R. [10139] Pakistan K002093347 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [34506E] India K002093359 Yes
Forsskal, P.; Hepper, F.N.; Friis, I. [1180] Egypt K002093303 No
Meinertzhagen [198] K002093330 No
Aitchison, J.E.T. [103] Pakistan K002093335 Yes
Davis, P.H. [6108 B] Egypt K002093295 No
Williams, D.G. [11] K001393118 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [2406] India K002093394 Yes
Qaiser, M.; Ghafoor, A. [2121] Pakistan K002093344 Yes
Gentry, H.S. [14023] Pakistan K002093333 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19514] Thailand K000621547 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19514] Thailand K000621546 Yes
Ascherson, P.; Rohlfs, G. [2448] Libya K002093326 No
Smitinand, T. [5809] Thailand K000682610 Yes
Ascherson, P. [602] Libya K002093324 No
Barber, C.A. [1866] India K002093385 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3520] Oman K002093256 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [22907b] India K002093392 Yes
s.coll. [[290]] India K002093345 Yes
Singh, U. [464] India K002093366 Yes
Birdwood, W.S. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K002093241 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3828] Saudi Arabia K002093235 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3931] Oman K002093254 Yes
Collett, H. [5] India K002093400 No
Duthie, J.F. [190] India K002093390 Yes
s.coll. [488/8] Pakistan K001730610 Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India K002093379 Yes
Lahore [s.n.] Pakistan K002093341 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] Pakistan K002093346 Yes
Bromfield, W.A. [s.n.] Egypt K002093300 No
Davis, P.H. [6052 B] Egypt K002093294 No
Rice, C. [39] Nepal K002093352 Yes
s.coll. [24667] Pakistan K002093334 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] India K001730615 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [22908] India K002093389 Yes
Heller, T.M.; Koegh, N.J.; El-Keblawy, A. [TMH319] United Arab Emirates K002093259 Yes
Meinertzhagen [217] K002093329 No
Barber, C.A. [8194] India K002093383 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [4759] Libya K002093328 No
Mooney, H.F. [3077] India K002093395 Yes
Cope, T.A. [515] Oman K002093253 Yes
Köie, M. [4271] Afghanistan K002093309 No
Ram, S. [290] India K002093372 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20469] Thailand K000621548 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Afghanistan K002093312 No
Remanandan, P. [4665] India K002093360 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [317] India K002093387 Yes
A.S.F. [D2] India K002093409 No
Mokim [1421] India K002093355 Yes
s.coll. [13843] India K002093384 Yes
Griffith, W.; Hook, W.J.; Thompson, T. [235] India K002093319 No
Huk, A. [s.n.] Burma K002093411 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7016] Thailand K000621544 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7016] Thailand K000621543 Yes
Blatter, E. [2541] India K002093398 Yes
s.coll. [68] India K001730612 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002093370 Yes
Haines, H.H. [4387] India K002093373 Yes
Lahore [5016] Pakistan K002093342 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] India K001730614 Yes
Thomson, T.; Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002093403 Yes
Lemann; Griffith, W. [[133]] Afghanistan K002093321 No
Thomson, T. [11/46] Pakistan K002093343 Yes
Moreau, R.E.; Simpson, N.D. [5616] Yemen K002093248 Yes
[?] [8] Egypt K002093293 No
Clarke, C.B. [20092] India K002093399 Yes
Walleen [[HJ5016]] Pakistan K002093337 Yes
s.coll. [[38216]] India K002093375 Yes
India K:SPC-66596.000 No
s.coll. [97] Afghanistan K002093314 No
s.coll. [257] Yemen K002093252 Yes
Desai, J. [31] India Desmostachya pingalaiae K000907350 Type Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] Desmostachya cynosuroides K002093363 Yes

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