Poaceae
Chloris

Chloris radiata (L.) Sw.

First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 26 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Florida, Germany, Hawaii, Japan, Kazan-retto, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Oregon, Samoa, Tonga

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hadinec, J. & Lustyk, P. (eds.) (2014). Additamenta ad floram Reipublicae Bohemicae. XII. Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 49: 73-206.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Menjívar Cruz, J.E., R.M. Baldini, G. Davidse & P.M. Peterson (2021). El Salvador grasses: An updated catalogue and nomenclator. Phytoneuron 2021-22: 1-131.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 22, 1992 Peru K001470909 Yes
May 22, 1983 Ecuador K001470901 Yes
Jul 1, 1943 Bolivia K001470923 Yes
Jul 1, 1943 Bolivia K001470924 Yes
Solano, D.; Solano, P.; Peralta, X.; Nilsson, T. [2538] Costa Rica K001925738 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H13259] Dominican Republic K003414873 Yes
Heller, A.A. [1963] United States K002882949 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H14448] Dominican Republic K003414870 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002882946 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [509] Cuba K003414862 Yes
Purdie [s.n.] Jamaica K003414866 Yes
Ocampo S, R.A.A. [1805] Costa Rica K003414722 Yes
Standley, P.C. [60368] Guatemala K003414730 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003420132 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10895] Costa Rica K003414733 Yes
Barton, F.M. (Miss) [s.n.] Guatemala K003414729 Yes
Rafael, A.; Ocampo, S. [2105] Costa Rica K003414721 Yes
Bernardo, B.G. [97] Honduras K003414724 Yes
s.coll. France K002881790 Yes
Grayum, M.; Rodríguez, M.; Carvajal, A. [4238] Costa Rica K003414725 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H2407] Haiti K003414872 Yes
Essed, E. [s.n.] K001102077 Yes
Kneucker, A. Germany K002881788 Yes
s.coll. K002881785 Yes
Purdie, W. [84] Trinidad and Tobago K003414902 Yes
Lyon, B.G. France K002881791 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [12939] Cuba K003414861 Yes
Bryan Jr., E.H. [s.n.] United States K002882947 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K003420133 Yes
Ecole, H.P. K002881784 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [3242] Mexico K003414731 Yes
Harris, W. [11361] Jamaica K003414863 Yes
Lobo, S. [1781] Costa Rica K001561334 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [761] South Africa K003414467 Yes
Pohl, R.W. [14158] Costa Rica K003414723 Yes
Spruce, R. [6438] Ecuador K000201674 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11276] Costa Rica K003414728 Yes
Seymour, F.C. [745] Nicaragua K003414736 Yes
Harris, W. [11492] Jamaica K003414864 Yes
Atwood, J.T. [1270] Nicaragua K003414734 Yes
Hoehne, W. [SPF 11783] Brazil K001102074 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Peru K003420134 Yes
Heller, A.A.; Halbach, E.G. [196] Puerto Rico K003414876 Yes
Crago, L.M.; Imada, C.; Zaun, B. [2005-155] United States K002882945 Yes
Lorence, D. [10262] United States K002882943 Yes
Harris, W. [11548] Jamaica K003414868 Yes
Tawada, S. [2201] Japan K002881964 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K002882948 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Gabel, M. [13629] El Salvador K003414726 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H14448] Dominican Republic K003414869 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H2407] Haiti K003414874 Yes
Wright, C. [742] Cuba K003414860 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2461] South Africa K003414464 Yes
Aellen, P.; Baumgartner K002881789 Yes
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [13938] Haiti K003414871 Yes
Furuse, M. [11190] Japan K002881965 Yes
s.coll. [103] K001102076 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003414865 Yes
Lobo, S.; Sánchez, J.E.; Estrada, A.; Chacon, R. [2077] Costa Rica K003414719 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [232] K003414859 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K001102075 Yes
Langlasse, E. [604] Mexico K003414732 Yes
Culverwell, J. [0684] Eswatini K003414465 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10687] Costa Rica K003414735 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4435] Colombia K001470871 Yes
s.coll. K002881786 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8612] South Africa K003414466 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [1945] Jamaica K003414867 Yes
Rafael, A.; Ocampo, S. [1790] Costa Rica K003414720 Yes
Shaw, C.E. K002881783 Yes
Bor, N.L. [H.63] K002882950 Yes
Sintenis, P. [28] Puerto Rico K003414878 Yes
Finlay [28] K003414877 Yes
s.coll. K002881787 No
Heller, A.A.; Halbach, E.G. [135] Puerto Rico K003414875 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Guyana K003414987 No
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [12232] Nicaragua K003414727 Yes
Peru K000326014 Yes
Panama K001470867 Yes
Panama K001470868 Yes
Panama K001470869 Yes
Panama K001470870 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4435], Colombia K001470871 Yes
Venezuela K001470872 Yes
Venezuela K001470873 Yes
Venezuela K001470874 Yes
Venezuela K001470875 Yes
Venezuela K001470876 Yes
Venezuela K001470877 Yes
Venezuela K001470878 Yes
Venezuela K001470879 Yes
Ecuador K001470880 Yes
Ecuador K001470881 Yes
Ecuador K001470882 Yes
Ecuador K001470883 Yes
Ecuador K001470884 Yes
Ecuador K001470885 Yes
Ecuador K001470886 Yes
Ecuador K001470887 Yes
Ecuador K001470888 Yes
Ecuador K001470889 Yes
Ecuador K001470890 Yes
Ecuador K001470891 Yes
Ecuador K001470892 Yes
Ecuador K001470893 Yes
Ecuador K001470894 Yes
Ecuador K001470895 Yes
Ecuador K001470896 Yes
Ecuador K001470897 Yes
Ecuador K001470898 Yes
Ecuador K001470899 Yes
Ecuador K001470900 Yes
Ecuador K001470902 Yes
Peru K001470903 Yes
Peru K001470904 Yes
Peru K001470905 Yes
Peru K001470906 Yes
Peru K001470907 Yes
Peru K001470908 Yes
Peru K001470910 Yes
Peru K001470911 Yes
Peru K001470912 Yes
Peru K001470913 Yes
Peru K001470914 Yes
Peru K001470915 Yes
Peru K001470916 Yes
Peru K001470917 Yes
Peru K001470918 Yes
Peru K001470919 Yes
Ecuador K001470920 Yes
Peru K001470921 Yes
Peru K001470922 Yes
Bolivia K001470925 Yes
Bolivia K001470926 Yes
Galapagos K001470927 Yes
Galapagos K001470928 Yes
Galapagos K001470929 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3096] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414278 No
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6391] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414267 No
Schoenfelder, E.B. [S494] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414284 No
Sittmann, K.E. [24] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414269 No
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W.H. [6821] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414271 No
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [739] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414275 No
Gibbs; Russell; Smook [5212] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414283 No
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [4581] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414277 No
Gibbs; Russell; Smook [5361] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414282 No
Ihlenfeldt; De Winter; Hardy [3119] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414270 No
Killick; Leistner [3096] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414276 No
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5177] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414272 No
Smook, L. [5247] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414280 No
Harrison, M.N. [970] Sudan Chloris virgata K003414273 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [4446] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414285 No
Tinley, K.L. [1341] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414281 No
Smook, L. [9203] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414268 No
Schoenfelder, E.B. [88] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414274 No
Seydel, R. [4247] Namibia Chloris virgata K003414279 No

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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