Poaceae

Cymbopogon Spreng.

First published in Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 14 (1815)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tunisia, Türkey, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Aldabra, Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Chile North, Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Kazan-retto, Leeward Is., Liberia, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 265 (1919).
  • Pl. Pugill. 2: 14 (1815)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bor in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 51: 890–916 (1953)
  • Bor in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 52: 149–183 (1954).
  • Clayton in Kew Bull. 19: 451–456 (1965).
  • Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 14 (1815).
  • Roberty in Boissiera 9: 172–180 (1960).
  • Soenarko in Reinwardtia 9: 225–375 (1977).

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bor. in Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 51: 890–916 (1953)
  • Bor. in Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 52: 149–183 (1954)
  • Pl. Pugill. 2: 14 (1815)
  • Soenarko in Reinwardtia 9: 225–375 (1977)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [19586] Thailand K000620229 No
Jan 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [19586] Thailand K000620230 No
Jan 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [19586] Thailand K000620231 No
Jan 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [19677] Thailand K000620228 No
Jan 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [19677] Thailand K000620227 No
Jan 1, 1975 Kerr, A.F.G. [11391] Thailand K000620226 No
Jan 1, 1975 Kerr, A.F.G. [11391] Thailand K000620224 No
Jan 1, 1975 Kerr, A.F.G. [11391] Thailand K000620225 No
Jan 1, 1975 Kerr, A.F.G. [11391] Thailand K000620223 No
Jan 1, 1975 Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.] Thailand K000620222 No
Jan 1, 1974 Kerr, A.F.G. [20648] Thailand K000620241 No
Jan 1, 1974 Kerr, A.F.G. [20648] Thailand K000620242 No
Jan 1, 1955 Put [2392] Thailand K000620239 No
Jan 1, 1955 Put [2392] Thailand K000620240 No
Mar 29, 1910 Winter, A.W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000245866 Type Yes
Musselman, L.J. [6142] Sudan K002704696 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [19041] Pakistan K003912037 No
Malaisse, F. [329] Angola K001639065 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K003912042 No
Williams, J. [7224] India K003912005 No
Blair, I.J. [52] Sudan K002704708 Yes
Sandford, R. [22] Ethiopia K002704723 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatungo, S. [1648] Sri Lanka K003912949 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K003912049 No
Podlech, D. [10112] Pakistan K003912084 No
Hooker; Thomson [s.n.] Pakistan K003912022 No
Dieterlen, A. [1083] Lesotho K002285418 Yes
s.coll. [8793] India K003912013 No
Jackson, J.K. [3288] Sudan K002704711 Yes
Blake, S.T. [8489] Australia K002704116 Yes
Pettet, A. [522] Sudan K002704713 Yes
Smook, L. [002818] South Africa K002285395 No
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [14587] India K003912025 No
Qaiser, M.; [A. Raza]; [Abson Harrison] [974] Pakistan K003912096 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L. [532] South Africa K002285434 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8136] Ethiopia K002704561 Yes
[Dr. Canry] [s.n.] India K003912041 No
Du Toit, P.C. [2603] Lesotho K002285416 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K003912055 No
Rao, R. [s.n.] India K003912968 No
Drummond, J.R. [21101] India K003912057 No
Buwalda, P. [7445] Indonesia K003913042 No
Drummond, J.R. [21105] India K003912046 No
s.coll. [18] South Africa K002285423 Yes
Pappi, A. [136] Eritrea K002704688 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17365] South Africa K002285436 Yes
Poilane, E. [23588] Vietnam K003912994 No
Lance [295] India K003912071 No
[Sadiq Masih] [13] Pakistan K003912099 No
Lamond, J.; Rechinger, K.H. [269] Pakistan K003912101 No
Trapnell, C.G. [655] South Africa K002285422 Yes
[14622] Madagascar K002285344 Yes
Kayu, E.P.K. [538] Kenya K002285026 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21096] India K003912074 No
Wallace [8793] India K003912012 No
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A.; Masila, S.M. [10322] Kenya K002285029 Yes
Chandra, J. [80C] India K003912952 No
Powell, D.A.; H'ng Kim Chey [716] Christmas Island K003913041 No
[163] India K003912229 No
Innes, R.R. [RRI 653] Somalia K002704690 Yes
Kosterman [18631] Indonesia K003913045 No
Koelz, W.N. [20574] India K003912947 No
Giess, W.; Vuuren, D.V. [804] Namibia K002285387 No
Stewart, I.T. [s.n.] Pakistan K003912072 No
Soderstrom, T.R.; samantha Kulatunge [1648] Sri Lanka K003912950 No
Davy, J.B. [17177] South Africa K002285427 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4156] South Africa K002285409 No
Zambatis, N. [97] South Africa K002285430 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [8503] Namibia K002285388 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003912028 No
Stocks [816] Pakistan K003911998 No
s.coll. [157] Pakistan K003912091 No
Duthie, J.F. [19046] Pakistan K003912004 No
Mooney, H.F. [5529] Ethiopia K002704721 Yes
Bosser, J.M. [21890] K002285365 Yes
Thulin, M. [1577] Ethiopia K002704722 Yes
Smook, L. [4390] South Africa K002285429 Yes
Schoenfelder, E.B. [67] Namibia K002285389 No
Hajra; [Thaku [370] India K003912026 No
Verdoorn, I.C. [1346] South Africa K002285402 No
Norris, J.J. [154] Pakistan K003912095 No
Lamond, J.; Rechinger, K.H. [207] Pakistan K003912086 No
Beaumont, T.E. [3] Nepal K001666743 No
Smook, L. [7258] Lesotho K002285414 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912076 No
Blair, I.J. [252] Sudan K002704703 Yes
Ali, S.J. [1517] Pakistan K003912030 No
Scheepers, J.C. [1281] South Africa K002285403 No
Ammal, E. [11001] India K003912053 No
s.coll. [129] Pakistan K003911999 No
Harsukh [15738] Pakistan K003912038 No
s.coll. [6770] India K003912045 No
Mckee, H.S. [34944] New Caledonia K002704168 Yes
Parmanand, N. [904] India K003912948 No
Sultan ul Abedin [2749] Pakistan K003912031 No
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6037] South Africa K002285441 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K003912056 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [9666] Namibia K002285381 No
Duthie, J.F.; Inayat [26012] India K003912062 No
Dieterlen, A. [1083] Lesotho K002285419 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [536] Pakistan K003912083 No
[Hbiep] [87] Vietnam K003912995 No
Seydel, R. [3851] South Africa K002285378 No
Sultan ul Abedin; Husain, A. [7240] Pakistan K003912040 No
Smith, C.A. [5262] South Africa K002285410 No
Smith, C.A. [5506] South Africa K002285407 No
Mokim [1403] India K003912954 No
Kuruz, S. [s.n.] India K003912951 No
Mooney [10040] Ethiopia K002704564 Yes
[2405A] India K003912233 No
Duthie, J.F.; Harsukh [14800] Pakistan K003912092 No
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] South Africa K002285405 No
Burger, W. [2184] Ethiopia K002704545 Yes
Huk, A. [s.n.] Burma K003912959 No
Smook, L. [002964] South Africa K002285394 No
Blair, I.J. [221] Sudan K002704715 Yes
van Steenis [11057] Indonesia K003913043 No
Smook; Russell, G. [2473] South Africa K002285397 No
s.coll. [12922] India K003912014 No
Evans, I.B.P. [429] South Africa K002285438 Yes
Poilane, M. [2657] Vietnam K003912992 No
Blair, I.J. [237] Sudan K002704705 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Ash [2988] Ethiopia K002704544 No
Sultan ul Abedin; [Abrarttnoi [6320] Pakistan K003912029 No
Kostermans [18631] Indonesia K003913044 No
Phillipson, P.B.; Mokuku, C.; Judd, R.; Hobson, C. [4493] Lesotho K002285413 Yes
[M. Goobler] [2539] South Africa K002285401 No
s.coll. [[490/8]] Pakistan K003912033 No
Lamond, J.; Rechinger, K.H. [1220] Pakistan K003912087 No
Gerstner, J. [5353] South Africa K002285442 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [?2981] India K003912064 No
Andrews, F.W. [A3607] Sudan K002704704 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [22892] India K003912051 No
Poilane, M.E. [20876] Vietnam K003912998 No
Lamond, J.; Rechinger, K.H. [346] Pakistan K003912088 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912079 No
Heathcote, O. [AB 5372] Kenya K002285030 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912972 No
Stewart, R.R. [28247] Pakistan K003912023 No
Smith, R.V. [66/432] Australia K002704114 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [27391] Pakistan K003912097 No
Du Toit, P.C. [2696] Lesotho K002285417 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5788] Australia K002704115 Yes
[B. C. Guloti] [s.n.] India K003912075 No
Davy, J.B. [17360] South Africa K002285435 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2255] South Africa K002285390 No
Brunt, M. [s.n.] Kenya K002285028 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [12236] Hong Kong K003911995 No
[Dreukuth] [2] Namibia K002285384 No
Smook, L. [4635B] South Africa K002285392 No
Ouren, T. [20522] Ethiopia K002704548 Yes
Boeber, J. [[21245]] K002285364 Yes
[2405B] India K003912232 No
Monro, A.V. [2] Pakistan K003912093 No
Duthie, J.F. [2] India K003912035 No
Stewart, R.R. [28247] Pakistan K003912024 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [10192] Thailand K000620221 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [10192] Thailand K000620220 No
Trapnell, C.G. [2414] Kenya K002285024 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [816] Pakistan K003911997 No
[34034] India K003912231 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912078 No
Kartonegoro, A.; Lulut, D.S.; Eka, F.; Ismail, R. [676] Indonesia K003913040 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] Pakistan K003912085 No
s.coll. [1] Pakistan K003912036 No
Muerillon, A. [1038] Cameroon K002704393 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [123] South Africa K002285433 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21106] India K003912059 No
Duthie, J.F. [15579] India K003912015 No
Winterbottom, J.E. [971] India K003912008 No
Evans, I.B.P. [404] South Africa K002285421 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [[919]] India K003912066 No
Duthie, J.F. [22892/a] India K003912020 No
Rice, C. [52] Nepal K003912967 No
Smook, L. [6528] South Africa K002285398 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [18895] Thailand K000620275 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [18895] Thailand K000620276 No
Lazarides, M. [7431] Thailand K000688819 No
Wickens, G.E. [1472] Sudan K002704712 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [22891] India K003912052 No
s.coll. [404] India K003912054 No
Blake, S.T. [8489] Australia K002704117 Yes
Burger, W. [626] Ethiopia K002704560 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003912973 No
Trapnell, C.G. [2412] Kenya K002285025 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [12045] Pakistan K003912082 No
Pettet, A. [J28] Sudan K002704714 Yes
Mathew, K.M.; Rajamani, C. [457] India K003912966 No
Myers, J.G. [14024] Ethiopia K002704698 Yes
Fluk; [illegibl [557] Namibia K002285383 No
Kabir; Drummond, J.R. [15241] India K003912081 No
Mooney, H.F. [3521] India K003912956 No
Muller, F. [8793] India K003912011 No
Townsend, S. [s.n.] Eswatini K002285411 No
Gamble, J.S. [23040] India K003912050 No
Pitts, M.L. [16967] South Africa K002285424 Yes
Zambatis, N. [84] South Africa K002285431 Yes
Toit, D. [277] South Africa K002285432 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2331] Ethiopia K002704547 Yes
s.coll. [6761] India K003912955 No
Zambatis, N. [352] South Africa K002285420 No
Bari; Abdullah [M25-C128] Mali K002704392 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [27691] Pakistan K003912098 No
Potts, G. [2454] K002285408 No
Sultan ul Abedin; [Abrarstma [6009] Pakistan K003912103 No
MacKee [34689] New Caledonia K002704170 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; Harsukh [15738] Pakistan K003912039 No
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [5] India K003912063 No
Smith, C.A. [4091] South Africa K002285404 No
Blake, S.T. [12719] Australia K002704118 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [14499] India K003912043 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [6351] Thailand K000620238 No
Kibue, K. [212] Kenya K002285027 Yes
de Winter, B. [2362] Namibia K002285386 No
de Winter, B. [2750] Namibia K002285385 No
Comanor, P.L. [694] Sri Lanka K003912960 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [11121] Thailand K000620274 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [11121] Thailand K000620270 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [11121] Thailand K000620271 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [11121] Thailand K000620272 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [11121] Thailand K000620273 No
Kabir; Drummond, J.R. [15241] India K003912077 No
Mokim [1461] India K003912953 No
Townsend, S. [s.n.] Eswatini K002285412 Yes
[H. Haslmann] [2611] India K003912003 No
Headley, P.M. [(S36) 213] Ethiopia K002704562 Yes
s.coll. [6771] India K003912975 No
s.coll. [207] South Africa K002285406 No
Kingdon-Ward, F. [19480] India K003912061 No
Evans, I.B.P. [396] South Africa K002285439 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [29998] New Caledonia K002704169 Yes
Smitinand, T. [5708] Thailand K000688810 No
Friis, I.; Nigatu, L.; Michelsen, A. [6114] Ethiopia K002704546 Yes
M. L. [Sharma] [214] India K003912047 No
Janaki Amal, E.K. [4029] India K000245885 Type Yes
O'Connor, T.G. [81] South Africa K002285391 No
Duthie, J.F. [7224] India K003912007 No
Evans, I.B.P. [384] South Africa K002285440 Yes
Blair, I.B. [38] Sudan K002704707 Yes
[5325] India K003912230 No
Koelz, W.N. [1882] India K003912058 No
Wickens, G.E. [981] Sudan K002704697 Yes
Smith, F. [CPI106443] Australia K002704113 Yes
Dagne, E. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002704737 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1258] Ethiopia K002704563 Yes
s.coll. [17609] K003912001 No
Clarke, C.B. [7868] India K003912970 No
Jacquemont, V. [352] India K003912067 No
Gamble, J.S. [24752] India K003912065 No
[J. N. L.] [s.n.] Pakistan K003912102 No
Poilane, E. [27866] Vietnam K003912996 No
s.coll. [6] India K003912080 No
Giles [237] Pakistan K003912027 No
Duthie, J.F. [15579] India K003912019 No
[Range Yowda] [s.n.] India K003912976 No
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] Pakistan K003911996 No
Kurz, S. [1202] Burma K003912958 No
Drummond, J.R. [21100] India K003912073 No
Worthington, T.B. [727] Sri Lanka K003912961 No
Koelz, W.N. [21719] India K003912016 No
Stewart, R.R. [26645] Pakistan K003912094 No
Smook, L. [4296] South Africa K002285428 Yes
Larsen, K. [10027] Thailand K000688806 No
Smook, L. [002849] South Africa K002285399 No
Smook, L. [7075] Lesotho K002285415 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [903] Tanzania K002285047 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [15102] India K003912032 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [9020] Namibia K002285380 No
Gamble, J.S. [25444] India K003912018 No
Duthie, J.F. [19790] India K003912068 No
Kackson, J.K. [3290] Sudan K002704710 No
Koelz, W.N. [29277] India K003912060 No
Thompson, R. [375] India K003912021 No
Jarman, N. [149] South Africa K002285396 No
Atherstone, W.G. [s.n.] South Africa K002285425 Yes
[Soil Erosion Team] [1] Pakistan K003912002 No
Hutchinson, J. [2405] South Africa K002285443 Yes
Harriss [16762] K003912000 No
[Hbiep] [87] Vietnam K003912997 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K003912044 No
Wickens, G.E. [1270] Sudan K002704709 Yes
Worthington [727] Sri Lanka K003912962 No
[A. S. Tdool] [s.n.] India K003912070 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [10133] Thailand K000620267 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [10133] Thailand K000620268 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [10133] Thailand K000620266 No
Rechinger, K.H. [29629-b] Pakistan K003912100 No
Poilane, E. [23588] Vietnam K003912993 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [9667] Namibia K002285382 No
Lee, M.N. [96] New Zealand K002704124 Yes
Smook, L. [0000003007] South Africa K002285393 No
Duthie, J.F. [22891/a] India K003912048 No
s.coll. [171B1700d] India K003912969 No
White, P. [1] India K003912957 No
Davy, J.B. [17201] South Africa K002285437 Yes
Hooker; Thomson [s.n.] Pakistan K003912006 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [6956] Thailand K000620269 No
Shetty, B.V. [2349] India K003912017 No
s.coll. [8768] India K003912971 No
Blair, I.J. [293] Sudan K002704706 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17102] South Africa K002285426 Yes
W. R. J. van Rensburg [2564] South Africa K002285400 No
Thomson, T. [732] India K003912069 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912974 No
Seydel, R. [2233] Namibia K002285379 No

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