Poaceae

Imperata Cirillo

First published in Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: XXVI (1792)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bahamas, Baleares, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Kriti, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Laos, Louisiana, Maluku, Manchuria, Mississippi, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oregon, Pakistan, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Xinjiang

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.226753. epublication.
  • 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: 87 (1917).
  • Pl. Rar. Neap. 2: 26 (1792)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: 26 (1792).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Pl. Rar. Neap. 2: 26 (1792)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2204] Cameroon K000339603 Yes
May 1, 1998 Asongani, J.N. [1325] Cameroon K000339604 Yes
Jan 1, 1797 Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [2] India K000245566 Syntype Yes
Koorders, S.H. [s.n.] Indonesia K002388455 Yes
Lorzing [s.n.] Indonesia K002388457 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [7001] K000280806 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège [4253] South Africa K000280759 Type Yes
Scholz [s.n.] Burkina Faso K002388762 No
Dinter [1767] Namibia K000280758 Unknown Type Material Yes
Winkler, H. [2034] Indonesia K002388456 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3458] South Africa K000280760 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1578] Indonesia K002388452 Yes
[C. Landersbech] [6158] Indonesia K002388461 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8851] India K001128354 Unknown Type Material Yes
Koorders [27769B] Indonesia K002388453 Yes
Carson Roberts, D. (Mrs) [s.n.] Indonesia K002388459 Yes
Carson Roberts (Mrs) [s.n.] Indonesia K002388449 Yes
Schiffner, V. [1501] Indonesia K002388448 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [s.n.] Indonesia K002388454 Yes
Buwalda, P. [2778] Indonesia K002388460 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [s.n.] Indonesia K002388458 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8851] K001128355 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8851] K001128356 Unknown Type Material Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6015] Brazil K001106142 Yes
Kds, S.H.; Koorders-Schumacher, A. [43424] Indonesia K002388451 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6015] Brazil K001106141 Yes
[Haller] [30] Indonesia K002388450 Yes
Kuria, T.; Kiapranis, R.; Kaigube, F.; Sennat, S. [LAE87182] Papua New Guinea K002388591 Yes

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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.

  • 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