Poaceae

Melinis P.Beauv.

First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 54 (1812)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is., Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Ess. Agrost. 54 (1812)
  • F.T.A. 9: 916 (1930).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Ess. Agrost.: 54 (1812).
  • Zizka in Bibl Bot. 138: 50–133 (1988).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Zizka in Biblioth. Bot. 138: 50–134 (1988).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ess. Agrost.: 54 (1812)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Osborne, J.; Banze, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Maoji, S.O. (guide) [JO1716] Mozambique K001346956 No
Osborne, J.; Banze, A.; Datizua, C.; Mamba, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Magido, A. (guide); Ndala, B. (guide) [JO1745] Mozambique K001346985 No
Gossweiler [8977] Angola K000281577 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler [8977] Angola K000281576 Holotype Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8417] Zambia K001635040 No
Merker, H. [198] Tanzania K000282090 Type Yes
Labat, J.-N.; Boumediena, A.I.; Mohamed Vall, A.; Soule, A.; Souleymane, G. [3990] Mauritania K002837375 No
Welwitsch [2958] Angola K000281575 Unknown Type Material Yes
Snow, N.; Chatukuta, M. [6856] Botswana K002839065 No
s.coll. [B 7936] Botswana Rhynchelythrum K001625344 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [S.W.A. 1975] Namibia Rhynchelythrum K001625350 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [S.W.A. 1975] Namibia Rhynchelythrum K001625362 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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