Poaceae
Chloris

Chloris barbata Sw.

First published in Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 200 (1797)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China Southeast, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, California, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Germany, Gilbert Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Phoenix Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is.

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.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • 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.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Oulo, M., Hu, G.W. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Graminae Tribu XXX. Cynodonteae: 1-139. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • 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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Reddy, G.V.P. (2011). Survey of invasive plants on Guam and identification of the 20 most widespread. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 41: 263-274.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Verloove, F. (2017). New xenophytes from the Canary islands (Gran Canaria and Tenerife; Spain). Acta Botanica Croatica 76: 120-131.
  • 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.
  • Williams, J.K. (2010). Additions to the Alien vascular flora of Mexico, with comments on the shared species of Texas, Mexico and Belize. Phytoneuron 2010-3: 1-7.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Fosberg in Taxon 25(1): 176–178 (1976).
  • Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 200 (1797);

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa https://plants.jstor.org/collection/UPWTA in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 280.
  • De Miré & Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 729
  • Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 200 (1797)

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.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • 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.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Datta, B.K., Saha, R. Roy, M. & Majumder, K. (2008). Grasses of West Tripura district, Tripura, India. Pleione 2: 98-105.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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/.
  • Garcillán, P.P. & al. (2013). Plantas no nativas naturalizadas de la península de Baja California, México. Botanical Sciences 91: 461-475.
  • 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.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Oulo, M., Hu, G.W. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Graminae Tribu XXX. Cynodonteae: 1-139. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • 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.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.
  • Reddy, G.V.P. (2011). Survey of invasive plants on Guam and identification of the 20 most widespread. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 41: 263-274.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sheppard, C.R.C. & Seaward, M.R.D. (eds.) (1999). Ecology of the Chagos archipelago: 1-350. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Thaman, R.R. & Tye, A. (2015). Flora of Kiritimari (Christmass) atoll, Northern Line islands, Republic of Kiribati. Atoll Research Bulletin 608: 1-73.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Verloove, F. (2017). New xenophytes from the Canary islands (Gran Canaria and Tenerife; Spain). Acta Botanica Croatica 76: 120-131.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Williams, J.K. (2010). Additions to the Alien vascular flora of Mexico, with comments on the shared species of Texas, Mexico and Belize. Phytoneuron 2010-3: 1-7.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • de Cordemoy, E.J. (1895). Flore de l'ile de la Réunion: 1-574. Librairie des sciences naturelles Paul Klincksieck, Paris.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 25 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 400 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 41 (1965).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 420 (1956).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 32 (1958).
  • Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 200 (1797).

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.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • 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?
Jun 3, 2021 s.col. [4455] United States K001614802 No
Jan 1, 1992 Laegaard, S. [54263] Ecuador K001473178 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Kuntze, O. [1641] Vietnam K000290405 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Kerr, A.F.G. [3761] Thailand K000621589 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Kerr, A.F.G. [7853] Thailand K000621590 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 De La Savinierre, E. [625] Indonesia K000290406 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1968 s.coll. [s.n.] K001102126 Yes
Wood, K.R. [5796] United States K002882880 Yes
Wood, K.R. [5796] United States K002882881 Yes
Philcox, D.; Raynal, A. [7917] Trinidad and Tobago K003414846 Yes
Rahman, A. Pakistan K002882040 Yes
Graham, V. [345] Guyana K003414980 Yes
Mokim India K002882047 Yes
s.coll. India K002882056 Yes
Adjanohoun [[428A]] Cote d'Ivoire K002883005 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saint Kitts and Nevis K003414836 Yes
Swainson [s.n.] Brazil K001102125 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [0997] Hong Kong K002881908 Yes
Huk, A. [s.n.] Burma K002882092 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12602] India K002882073 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [560] Ghana K002883010 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H12443] Dominican Republic K003414826 Yes
Glaziou [9344] Brazil K001102121 Yes
Po Khant, D.R. [1375] Burma K002882095 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [s.n.] Haiti K003414830 Yes
Bancroft, T.L. [s.n.] Australia K002882301 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3606] Cote d'Ivoire K002883004 Yes
Castellanos, A. [24992] Brazil K001102116 Yes
s.coll. India K002882042 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [8112/18] Oman K002881832 Yes
Hartweg [1574] Jamaica K003414816 No
Brass, L.J. [2487] Australia K002882306 Yes
Harris, W. [1148] Jamaica K003414817 No
Ekman, E.L. [H9043] Haiti K003414825 Yes
Western, R.A. [s.n. ] United Arab Emirates K002881844 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [1041] Sri Lanka K002882120 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [1041] Sri Lanka K002882114 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] Hong Kong K002881913 Yes
s.coll. [12756] India K002882078 Yes
van Proosdij, A.S.J.; van de Riet, B.P.; Zander, S.A.L. [765] Aruba K003414819 No
Story; Yapp [62] Australia K002882305 Yes
Fayed, A.A. Saudi Arabia K002881811 Yes
Mandaville (Jr.), J.P. Saudi Arabia K002881813 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [9366] Australia K002882290 Yes
McLeish, I. [2214] Oman K002881827 Yes
Collins, D.J. [1890] Thailand K000682654 Yes
Heckman, C.W. [105] Thailand K000682647 Yes
s.coll. [3408] India K002882089 Yes
Fagerlund, G.O.; Mitchell, A.L. [551] United States K002882884 Yes
Atkinson, W.T.; Wilson, G. [A1855] Australia K002882307 No
MacKee [34590] New Caledonia K002882857 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3914] Kenya K002883829 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [2428] Jamaica K003414813 No
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. Yemen K002881818 Yes
Mayers, E. [17] K003414840 Yes
Evrard, F. [1699] K002882200 Yes
Box, H.E. [86] Antigua and Barbuda K001651259 Yes
Yasuda, Keiko [2721] Japan K002881904 Yes
Flynn, T. [6230] Micronesia, Federated States of K002882874 Yes
Cope, T.A. [320] Oman K002881829 Yes
Marshall, J.H. [44] Tanzania K002883830 Yes
Al-lamki, F. [034] Oman K002881833 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [19486] India K002882065 Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. India K002882045 Yes
Janaki Ammal, E.K. India K002882048 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Mueller-Dombois, D.; Wirawan, N.; Cooray, R.G.; Balakrishnan, N. [50785] Sri Lanka K002882101 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [67] Bahamas, The K003414806 No
Alston, A.H.G. [1460] Sri Lanka K002882118 Yes
Baron Eggers [22] Virgin Islands K003414838 Yes
Clarke, C.B. India K002882060 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [4649] India K002882084 Yes
Harris, W. [11347] Jamaica K003414818 No
Orcutt, C.R. [4291] Jamaica K003414815 No
U Thein Lwin [19] Burma K002882096 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3835] Ghana K002883011 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1066] Tanzania K002883836 Yes
[B. W. B. van Cuylenberg] [Gt62] Sri Lanka K002882108 Yes
Fernandes, R.R. India K002882046 Yes
Hu, S.Y.; But, P.P.H. [23496] Hong Kong K002881911 Yes
Harris, W. [9049] Jamaica K003414821 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003414810 No
Pratt Yemen K002881820 Yes
s.coll. [832] Ghana K002883007 Yes
Clayton, D. [5254] Sri Lanka K002882112 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [11A] India K002882080 Yes
Davies, W. [s.n.] Australia K002882294 Yes
Cooray, R.G. [69121022R] Sri Lanka K002882110 Yes
Zardini, E.; Tillería, T. [33879] Paraguay K003414983 Yes
Seeman [s.n.] Macau K002881906 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K002883003 Yes
Boulos, L.; Al-Hasan, R. [15743] United Arab Emirates K002881843 Yes
Santapau, H. (S.J.) India K002882059 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [2985] India K002882091 Yes
Wichian [330] Thailand K000682652 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [4056] India K002882081 Yes
Domin, K. [s.n.] Australia K002882302 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003414849 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1675] Guyana K003414981 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [41138] New Caledonia K002882856 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003414833 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13373] Sri Lanka K002882107 Yes
s.coll. [560] K003414812 No
Boulos, L.; Armer, V. [s.n. ] Kuwait K002881848 Yes
Ward, J.F. [0009] Nigeria K002883013 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [8174/15] Oman K002881834 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [4100] Oman K002881831 Yes
Cope, T.A. [155] Oman K002881836 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13121] Sri Lanka K002882131 Yes
Thomson, T.; Hooker, J.D. India K002882049 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [0996] Hong Kong K002881909 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, F. Iran K002881807 Yes
Lorence, D.H.; Ragone, D.; Togia, T. [8568] Samoa K002882868 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13194] Sri Lanka K002882130 Yes
Young, J.E. [s.n.] Australia K002882300 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [5143] Hong Kong K002881910 Yes
Clayton, D. [5413] Sri Lanka K002882115 Yes
Fayed, A. Saudi Arabia K002881810 Yes
Ballard, F. [1495] Sri Lanka K002882125 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [12229] Cuba K003414808 No
Carvalho, A.M. [3873] Brazil K001102124 Yes
Cope, T.A. [26] Oman K002881837 Yes
Lazarides, M. [3753] Australia K002882304 Yes
Kurz, S. India K002882050 Yes
But, P. [098] Hong Kong K002881912 Yes
Steyermark, Juliân A. y Velasco, Euro Rincôn [100129] Venezuela K001473175 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13201] Sri Lanka K002882103 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [1028] Sri Lanka K002882122 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [8839] Sri Lanka K002882117 Yes
Box, H.E. [44] Antigua and Barbuda K003414837 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3389] Tanzania K002883837 Yes
Phillips, C. [90] Bahrain K002881847 Yes
Allan, J.A. [28] Kenya K002883826 Yes
Western, R.A.; et al. [s.n. ] K002881845 Yes
Clayton; [Jayageker [6128] Sri Lanka K002882097 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002882076 Yes
Fayed, A. Saudi Arabia K002881809 Yes
Ferguson, E. [16] India K002882082 Yes
Bick, E.W. [s.n.] Australia K002882296 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002882075 Yes
Harris, W. [11258] Jamaica K003414822 No
Fosberg, F.R. [50244] Sri Lanka K002882104 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. Yemen K002881819 Yes
Goddard, A. Saudi Arabia K002881808 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [8506/3] Oman K002881828 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] French Guiana K003414982 Yes
Parham, J. [10832] Fiji K002882865 Yes
Carrick, J. [1078] Trinidad and Tobago K003414842 Yes
Wallich India K002882052 Yes
McLeish, I. [3638] Oman K002881824 Yes
[J. Hoock] [1421] Suriname K003414977 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Bhorai, M.; Goodland, R.J. [1077] Trinidad and Tobago K003414847 Yes
[A. M. Sawyer] [2672] Burma K002882093 Yes
Cope, T.A. [357] Oman K002881830 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [7990/3] Oman K002881835 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [160] Nigeria K002883012 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [16415] India K002882070 Yes
Soderstorm, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1687] Sri Lanka K002882111 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2010] Thailand K000682651 Yes
Boulos, L.; Armer, V. [s.n. ] Kuwait K002881849 Yes
Leach; Bayliss [10294] Kenya K002883827 Yes
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. Yemen K002881817 Yes
Lazarides, M. [5696] Australia K002882295 Yes
Boulos, L.; Al-Hasan, R. [16014] United Arab Emirates K002881842 Yes
Napier, E.R. [6379] Kenya K002883825 Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India K002882085 Yes
s.coll. India K002882061 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [684] Sri Lanka K002882121 Yes
Bryan Jr., E.H. [s.n.] United States K002882883 Yes
[illegible] [DC 394] Ghana K002883009 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1965] Thailand K000682649 Yes
Whistler, W.A.; Steele, O. [11244] Micronesia, Federated States of K002882871 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001102122 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15305] Tanzania K002883834 Yes
Zardini, E.; Velázquez, U. [21208] Paraguay K003414984 Yes
Hartweg [1574] Jamaica K003414811 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12874] Kenya K002883828 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. Pakistan K002882041 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13439] Ghana K002883008 Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n. ] Qatar K002881846 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [5675] Trinidad and Tobago K003414843 Yes
[S. R. Raju]; [Naganathan] [4802] India K002882079 Yes
s.coll. [15455] India K002882074 Yes
s.coll. [13842] India K002882077 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13438] Sri Lanka K002882105 Yes
Lamond, J. Pakistan K002882039 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1687] Sri Lanka K002882099 Yes
Mandaville (Jr.), J.P. Saudi Arabia K002881812 Yes
Eggers [822] Virgin Islands K003414834 Yes
Roy, G.P. India K002882053 Yes
Flynn, T.; Lorence, D.H. [6077] Micronesia, Federated States of K002882872 Yes
Glaziou, A. [22411] Brazil K001102120 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Bhorai, M.; Goodland, R.J. [1058] Trinidad and Tobago K003414841 Yes
Glaziou, A. [22411] Brazil K001102119 Yes
Harris, W. [11506] Jamaica K003414820 No
Smith, E. [792] Thailand K000682645 Yes
Degener, O.; Hatheway, W.H. [21251] United States K002882885 Yes
s.coll. India K002882058 Yes
Hoock, J. [32] French Guiana K003414979 Yes
Shuter [s.n.] India K002882086 Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [23064] Sri Lanka K002882126 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [735] Sri Lanka K002882124 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [28312] New Caledonia K002882859 Yes
Wight [3317] India K002882068 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H9043] Haiti K003414828 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [75833] Brazil K001102115 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [5103] Australia K002882291 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1999] Thailand K000682650 Yes
Harley, R.M. [28640] Brazil K001102123 Yes
Naegelé, A. [[431/98-18]] Djibouti K002883404 No
Ekman, E.L. [H9043] Haiti K003414827 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [93TOB/065] Trinidad and Tobago K003414845 Yes
Forsskal, P.; Hepper, F.N.; Friis, I. [1099] Egypt K002881850 Yes
s.coll. [385] Macau K002881905 Yes
s.coll. India K002882057 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [50364] Sri Lanka K002882132 Yes
s.coll. [954] Sri Lanka K002882106 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12602] India K002882071 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Stoddart, D.R. [54787] Samoa K002882870 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [146] Tanzania K002883831 Yes
Wight, A.E. [47] Bahamas, The K003414807 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Jamaica K003414809 No
Roxburgh India K002882043 Yes
Poilane, E. [27468] Vietnam K002882199 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K002882293 Yes
Vasantha, G.; Josephine, I. India K002882055 Yes
White, C.T. [3383] Australia K002882299 Yes
Heckman, C.W. [104] Thailand K000682646 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003414831 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K002882882 Yes
McLeish, I. [3288] Oman K002881826 Yes
Parham, B.E. [2892] Fiji K002882863 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20785] India K002882069 Yes
Glaziou [9344] Brazil K001102117 Yes
Cooray, R.G. [69010805R] Sri Lanka K002882109 Yes
Hoock, J. [s.n.] Suriname K003414978 Yes
Dee [8522] Thailand K000682653 Yes
Bick, E.W. [16] Australia K002882297 Yes
s.coll. [1764] India K002882088 Yes
Collenette, I.S. Saudi Arabia K002881816 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [41746] India K002882062 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003414848 Yes
Rose Innes, R.; Ankrah, J.O. [30008] Ghana K002883006 Yes
Ekanayake, D.T. [18] Sri Lanka K002882119 Yes
Collenette, I.S. Saudi Arabia K002881815 Yes
Mac Gillivray, J. [s.n.] Brazil K001102118 Yes
McLeish, I. [3352] Oman K002881825 Yes
Marshall, J.H. [69] Tanzania K002883832 Yes
Bor, N.L. [s.n.] United States K002882886 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6358] Trinidad and Tobago K003414844 Yes
Muerillon, A. [1254] Cameroon K002883206 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [7846] New Caledonia K002882861 Yes
Collenette, I.S. Saudi Arabia K002881814 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [669] Dominican Republic K003414823 Yes
Florence [10381] French Polynesia K002882873 Yes
Cooray, R.G. [69010506R] Sri Lanka K002882100 Yes
Godefroy, M. [731] Vietnam K002882201 Yes
Cooley, G.R. [8459] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K003414839 Yes
Mattews, C. [61] Bahamas, The K003414805 No
s.coll. [1336] India K002882090 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K002882303 Yes
Parry, R. [4] Kiribati K002882867 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [9011] French Polynesia K002882866 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [846] Sri Lanka K002882123 Yes
Last, J.T. [s.n.] Tanzania K002883835 Yes
Parham, B.E. [5823] Fiji K002882864 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [9120] Sri Lanka K002882116 Yes
Tanner, R. [2027] Tanzania K002883833 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [735] Sri Lanka K002882129 Yes
St. John, H. [23564] United States K002882887 Yes
Schmidt, B. [s.n.] India K002882072 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002882087 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H12443] Dominican Republic K003414829 Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [14673] Burma K002882094 Yes
Wood, K.R. [6417] Micronesia, Federated States of K002882875 Yes
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [12975] Haiti K003414824 Yes
s.coll. [1045] India K002882063 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [4063] New Caledonia K002882860 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W2303] Samoa K002882869 Yes
Parham, J.W. [8117] Fiji K002882862 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [50364] Sri Lanka K002882102 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K002882292 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002882066 Yes
Woodward, J. [1] Australia K002882298 No
Britton, N.L.; Cowell, J.F. [723] Saint Kitts and Nevis K003414835 Yes
s.coll. [608] India K002882064 Yes
Bourne [3156] India K002882067 Yes
Anglade S.J., L. [1109] India K002882083 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003414814 No
Clayton; Fernando [6057] Sri Lanka K002882098 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [30203] New Caledonia K002882858 Yes
Soares, F.A. [261] Macau K002881907 No
van der Maesen, L.J.G. India K002882054 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [684] Sri Lanka K002882113 Yes
Gamble, J.S. India K002882051 Yes
Williams, L. [17266] Thailand K000682648 Yes
Collett, H. India K002882044 Yes
Box, H.E. [28] Antigua and Barbuda K003414832 Yes
Laegaard, S. [54263], Ecuador K001473178 Yes

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