Poaceae
Acrachne

Acrachne racemosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Ohwi

First published in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 1 (1947)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to N. Australia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cape Verde, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

California, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Haiti

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Oulo, M., Hu, G.W. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Graminae Tribu XXX. Cynodonteae: 1-139. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S. (2020). Flora of Eastern Ghats 7: 1-474. Regency publications, New Deli.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 1 (1947).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Oulo, M., Hu, G.W. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Graminae Tribu XXX. Cynodonteae: 1-139. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 395 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 39 (1965).
  • Ohwi in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 1 (1947).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1993 Schimper, W. [2237] Ethiopia K000365336 Unknown Type Material Yes
Miller, A.G. [7559] Oman K002090744 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Senegal K002090818 Yes
[Schimper Abuysiua] [222] Ethiopia K002090832 Yes
Dinter [7589] Namibia K002090874 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2851] Angola K001730292 No
[10148] Pakistan K002090760 Yes
[9647] Pakistan K002090762 Yes
s.coll. [7339] Botswana K002090870 No
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5349] Namibia K002090873 Yes
Thompson, P. [[102a]] Mozambique K002090844 Yes
Hagerup, O. [282] Mali K002090819 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Oman K002090747 No
[s.n.] India K002090773 Yes
[324] India K002090790 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1303] Zimbabwe K002090858 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [03194] South Africa K002090875 Yes
Ash, J. [2509] Ethiopia K002090830 Yes
Cope, T.A. [611] Oman K002090750 Yes
Perry, R.A. [2270] Australia K002090808 Yes
Jackson, G. [1408] Malawi K002090851 Yes
Snow, N.; Chatukuta, M. [6833] Botswana K002090862 No
[31435] Pakistan K002090758 Yes
[s.n.] Sri Lanka K002090802 Yes
[21316] India K002090784 Yes
Friis; Weberbauer, O.; Abebe, W.; Atem, A.; Getachew, E. [15220] Ethiopia K002090828 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [2906] Zimbabwe K002090861 Yes
Lawrence, E. [8] Malawi K002090854 Yes
[797] Burma K002090804 Yes
Williams, O.R.; Palmer, P.G. [s.n.] Kenya K002090839 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7072] Thailand K000621528 No
[s.n.] India K002090770 Yes
[1760] India K002090771 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H6671] K002090887 No
Salubeni, A.J.; et al. [2062] Malawi K002090848 Yes
Smith, P.A. [763] Botswana K002090868 Yes
[1216] Sri Lanka K002090803 Yes
[s.n.] India K001730299 Yes
Roseinnes, R. [RRI824] Somalia K000743547 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [Jess 294] Somalia K000743545 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K002090846 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Stretch, J.K. [3762] Australia K002090807 Yes
Barker, F. [A12] Malawi K002090856 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H941] K002090886 Yes
[17427] India K002090779 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10022] Yemen K002090739 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [s.n.] Sudan K002090823 Yes
[Hu. Broembsen] [s.n.] South Africa K002090883 Yes
Baldrati, I. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002090825 Yes
[s.n.] Pakistan K002090769 Yes
Mitchinson, N. (Lady) [6] Botswana K002090865 Yes
de Winter; Hardy [8091] Namibia K002090872 Yes
[1684] Vietnam K002090805 Yes
Adamson, T. [14] Kenya K002090834 No
s.coll. [6611] Afghanistan K002090754 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [2087] India K002090781 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4762-4765] Kenya K002090835 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [73A] Botswana K002090864 Yes
[118G] Pakistan K002090761 Yes
[s.n.] India K002090796 Yes
Theron, G.K. [2954] South Africa K002090879 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [323] Botswana K002090867 Yes
[s.n.] India K002090795 Yes
[47275] India K002090788 Yes
Verboom, W.C.; Zihler, M. [3183] Malawi K002090849 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [4277] Thailand K000621526 Yes
[2728] India K002090789 Yes
Devred [3380] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002090821 Yes
Scholtz, G.D.J. [s.n.] South Africa K002090882 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19551A] Thailand K000621531 Yes
O'Brien, E.M. [111] Somalia K000743544 Yes
[H. G. Lhweihudy] [1881] South Africa K002090881 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10118A] Yemen K002090737 Yes
[4563] India K002090780 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1275] Botswana K002090869 Yes
Snow, N.; Chatukuta, M. [6874] Botswana K002090863 Yes
[s.n.] India K002090797 Yes
[106] India K002090772 Yes
Cope, T.A. [450] Oman K002090748 Yes
[20703] India K002090785 Yes
Ash, J. [1246] Ethiopia K002090831 Yes
Elhadji, F.; Diouf, M. [EF111] Senegal K002090816 No
Huk, A. [124] Burma K002090799 Yes
Theron, G.K. [2743] South Africa K002090877 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6759] Kenya K002090840 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [7430] Australia K002090809 No
Roseinnes, R. [RRI817] Somalia K000743548 Yes
Malato-Belix; Guerra, J.A. [254] Cabo Verde K002090814 Yes
s.coll. [378] Yemen K002090738 Yes
Lawrence, E. [557] Malawi K002090852 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4281] Thailand K000621527 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [12843] Thailand K000621529 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [12843] Thailand K000621530 Yes
Wight [1760] India K002090783 Yes
Ament, J.G. [458] Kenya K002090838 Yes
Jackson, G. [1776] Malawi K002090850 No
[s.n.] India K002090776 No
[6978] Pakistan K002090765 Yes
Crook, A.O. [837] Zimbabwe K002090857 No
Cope, T.A. [350] Oman K002090749 Yes
Smith, E. [784] Thailand K000682596 Yes
Royer [s.n.] Cabo Verde K002090815 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [1873] South Africa K002090884 Yes
[668] Sri Lanka K002090801 Yes
[s.n.] Pakistan K002090768 Yes
[1335] India K002090774 Yes
Lawrence, E. [557] Malawi K002090853 Yes
Larsen, K. [9075] Thailand K000682595 Yes
Cope, T.A. [416] Oman K002090743 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002090888 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002090786 No
Vanderyst, H. [27744] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002090820 Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] K002090811 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1225] Zimbabwe K002090859 Yes
[21401] Pakistan K002090759 Yes
[s.n.] India K002090798 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [21429] Thailand K000621532 Yes
Guarino, L. [19] Oman K002090741 Yes
Lenos, F.; Macuacua, L. [90] Mozambique K002090842 Yes
[s.n.] Pakistan K002090763 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K002090843 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2796] Sudan K000743542 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2326] Kenya K002090833 Yes
[JL21] K002090755 No
Miller, A.G. [6090] Oman K002090746 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [16794] South Africa K002090880 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1987] Tanzania K002090841 Yes
Pienaar, J.N. [253] South Africa K002090878 Yes
Padure, S.H. [262] Sudan K002090824 Yes
[121] Pakistan K002090775 Yes
[s.n.] India K002090794 Yes
Raffaelli, M.; Tardelli, M.; Mosti, S. [116] Oman K002090740 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [8777] Botswana K002090866 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [145] Eritrea K002090826 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1372] Yemen K002090736 Yes
Johnson, C. [A345] India K002090791 Yes
Malato-Belix; Guerra, J.A. [299] Cabo Verde K002090812 No
Schweinfurth, G. [1682] Eritrea K002090827 Yes
[1685] Vietnam K002090806 Yes
Larsen, K. [8029] Thailand K000682594 No
Schweinfurth, G. [505] Sudan K002090822 Yes
[s.n.] Pakistan K002090767 Yes
Smook, L. [9899] Namibia K002090871 Yes
Bogdan, A.; Palmer, P.G. [AB4201] Kenya K002090836 Yes
Dabin, A.M.; Roseinnes, R. [[00]A4] Somalia K000743543 Yes
Barker, F. [A3] Malawi K002090855 Yes
[21317] India K002090792 Yes
El Hadidi, M.N.E. [s.n.] Egypt K002090752 Yes
[585] Burma K002090800 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G.; Dalai [182] Sudan K000743541 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1799] Kenya K002090837 Yes
Crook, A.O. [1079] Zimbabwe K002090860 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [1000] Somalia K000743546 Yes
Malato-Belix; Guerra, J.A. [93] Cabo Verde K002090813 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [293] South Africa K002090876 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [198] Ethiopia K002090829 No
Kirk, W. [s.n.] Mozambique K002090847 Yes
Podlech, D. [19956] Afghanistan K002090753 Yes
[HJ3820] India K002090778 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, J.E. [293] South Africa K002090885 Yes
Kirk [63] Mozambique K002090845 Yes
[s.n.] Pakistan K002090764 Yes

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