Poaceae
Cymbopogon

Cymbopogon commutatus (Steud.) Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 211 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Senegal to Mauritania, NE. & E. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula to N. India. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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. (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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 275.
  • in Kew Bull. 1907: 211

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Al-Rawi, A. (1987). Flora of Kuwait 2: 1-455. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 482 (1972).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 422 (1956).
  • Stapf in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1907: 211 (1907)
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 275 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15987] Somalia K002704606 Yes
Brockman, D. [126] Somalia K002704586 Yes
Collenette, C.L. [235] Somalia K002704602 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [3984] Somalia K002704589 Yes
Bally [B10836] Somalia K002704592 Yes
Pearson, R.S. [s.n.] India K000974911 Isotype Yes
Pearson, R.S. [s.n.] India K000974912 Type Yes
Pearson, R.S. [s.n.] India K000974910 Type Yes
Pearson, R.S. [s.n.] India K000245848 Type Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6235] Somalia K002704598 Yes
Heemstra, H. [3013] Somalia K002704596 Yes
Farquharson, R.A. [5] Somalia K002704580 Yes
Farquharson, R.A. [12] Somalia K002704581 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, P.E. [968] Somalia K002704607 No
Gillett, J.B. [4944] Somalia K002704588 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [814] Somalia K002704600 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2251] Somalia K002704582 Yes
s.coll. [5/35] Somalia K002704583 Yes
Drake-Brockman [410] K000280500 Type Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [841] Somalia K002704579 Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6222] Somalia K002704597 Yes
Godding, H.C. [12] Somalia K002704594 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4208] Somalia K002704585 Yes
Thulin, M.; Warfa, A.M. [5803] Somalia K002704605 Yes
Pearson, R.S. [s.n.] India K000245847 Type Yes
Peck, E.F. [339] Somalia K002704599 Yes
Popov, G. [1348] Somalia K002704578 No
Godding, H.C. [46] Somalia K002704595 Yes
Thulin, M.; Warfa, A.M. [5956] Somalia K002704604 Yes
[Ceppleton] [s.n.] Somalia K002704593 Yes
Drake-Brockman [252] Somalia K002704587 No
Herlocker, D. [S-297] Somalia K002704608 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5586] Oman K000974918 Type Yes
Schimper [1801] K000280499 Type Yes
Gelle, F.J.; Barkworth, M. [552] Somalia K002704591 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [334] Somalia K002704603 Yes
Drake-Brockman [410] K000280502 Type Yes
Drake-Brockman [410] K000280501 Syntype Yes
Brockman, D. [121] Somalia K002704590 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4543] Somalia K002704584 Yes
Herlocker, D. [S-422] Somalia K002704609 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S222] Somalia K002704601 Yes

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    • Copyright applied to individual images