Poaceae

Arthraxon P.Beauv.

First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 111 (1812)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Central Asia.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Amur, Arkansas, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia

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

  • Ess. Agrost. III, t. 11, f. 6 (1812)
  • F.T.A. 9: 162 (1917).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Ess. Agrostogr.: 111, fig.11/6 (1812).
  • Roberty in Boissiera 9: 293–296 (1960).
  • in Rheedea 3: 101 (1993).
  • van Welzen in Blumea 27: 255–300 (1981)

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ess. Agrost.: 111, fig. 11/6 (1812)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [9734] Cameroon K000339490 No
Jun 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [3490] Cameroon K000339488 No
May 1, 1998 Kamundi, D. [650] Cameroon K000339489 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8837] K001128323 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8833] Burma K001128317 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8833] K001128314 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8835] Burma K001128319 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8835] Burma K001128321 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8834] Burma K001128318 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8833] K001128315 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8833] Nepal K001128316 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bingham, M.G. [12188] Zambia K002289435 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8838] Nepal K001128324 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8836] Nepal K001128322 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fiedler, O. [25658] K002288432 Yes
Harson, G. [s.n.] K002288431 Yes
Harson, G. [s.n.] K002288430 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8835] Burma K001128320 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8832] Nepal Batratherum K001128313 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8828] India Batratherum K001128308 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8831] Nepal Batratherum K001128312 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8827] Batratherum K001128307 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8828] Nepal Batratherum K001128309 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8830] Nepal Batratherum K001128311 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8831] Nepal Batratherum K001132265 Unknown Type Material 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

  • 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