Poaceae

Chrysopogon Trin.

First published in Fund. Agrost.: 187 (1820), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Pacific, S. Central & SE. U.S.A. to Cuba.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Kazan-retto, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Réunion, St.Helena, Suriname, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, 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: 159 (1917), nom. cons.
  • Fund. Agrost. 187 (1820)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fund. Agrost.: 187 (1820), nom. conserv.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fund. Agrost.: 187 (1820), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 23, 2019 Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide) [JO1580] Mozambique K001346405 Yes
Shaikh Tarbej, J. [YCCSK 1918] India K001235545 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8782] K001131637 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robinson, H.C. [s.n.] Thailand K000688666 Yes
Brueckner, A. [121] K003162336 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8787] Burma K001131647 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haines, H.H. [4494] India K000245836 Type Yes
Haines, H.H. [4494] India K000245637 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8791] Nepal K001131651 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [14885] Burma K003436488 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8784] K001131640 Unknown Type Material Yes
Banerjee; Shrestha; Upadhyay [2833] Nepal K003436484 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8783] K001131639 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brueckner, A. [1067] South Africa K003162329 No
Coetsee, G. [77] South Africa K003162327 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8785] K001131642 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stewart, R.R. [21149] India K003436483 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8781] K001131636 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Madagascar K003162317 No
D.F.O. [s.n.] India K003436486 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8785] K001131644 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sreekumar, P.V. [71758] India K003436479 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3619] South Africa K003162335 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8792] India K001131652 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mohanan, N. [45125] India K003436487 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8788] K001131648 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8792] India K001131654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buecknew, A. [12] South Africa K003162328 No
Matthew, K.M.; Usha, A.; Rajendren, N. [43054] India K003436481 Yes
Sreekumar, P.V. [71830] India K003436480 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8787] Burma K001131646 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8792] Nepal K001131653 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8785] K001131641 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8790] Nepal K001131650 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. [249] India K003436482 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [116] K003162337 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8786] Nepal K001131645 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bharadwaj, S.P. [27R] India K003436485 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8782] K001131638 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1224] South Africa K003162330 No
Wilman, M. [K36] South Africa K003162333 No
Wilman [C4] South Africa K003162334 No
Pooma, R.; Pattharahirantricin, N.; Sirimongkol, S.; Supachok, P. [7617] Thailand K003436507 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8785] K001131643 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8789] India K001131649 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leistner, O.A. [626] South Africa K003162331 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8792] K001131655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bruckner [1210] South Africa K003162332 No
Blake, S.T. [12449] Australia Vetiveria K003435346 Yes
Cunningham, A. [140] Australia Vetiveria K003435345 Yes
s.coll. [8759] Vetiveria K001050441 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mueller, F., J. H. von [s.n.] Australia Vetiveria K001050459 Type 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