Poaceae
Alloteropsis

Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 487 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Hainan to Tropical Asia, N. Australia. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Florida, Maryland, Mississippi

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • 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., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • 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 F.T.A. 9: 487 (1919).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • 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.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Masamune, G. (1942). Enumeratio phanerogamarum Bornearum: 1-739. Taihoku, Formosa.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • 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

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 47 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 449 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 71 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 2 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 388 (1956).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 27 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 14 (1960).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 487 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 5, 1967 Bick, E.W. [66] Australia K000958835 Holotype Yes
Nov 1, 1932 White, C.T. [3464] Australia K000958836 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 18, 1931 Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [8749] India K000245286 Isotype Yes
Dec 18, 1931 s.coll. [s.n.] India K000245288 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1919 Wight [1656] India K000245287 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1919 Wallich [8749] India K000245466 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 18, 1831 Heyne, B. [8749] K000958839 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 18, 1831 Mahmoud, A. [8749] Burma K000958838 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2589] Tanzania K003336932 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2252] Botswana K003337120 Yes
Agric. Assistants [41] Tanzania K003336919 Yes
Dyson-Hudson [22] Uganda K003336896 Yes
Galán, P. [2915] K003337294 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9245] Tanzania K003336917 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [21214] Tanzania K003336920 Yes
Wallich [8749] India K000958837 Isotype Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH95] Kenya K003336909 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4009] Tanzania K003336921 Yes
Emson, H.E. [255] Tanzania K003336944 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [6970] Hong Kong K003336402 Yes
Beckner, J.; Ward, D.B. [2358] K003337293 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7384] Tanzania K003336942 Yes
Agric. Assistants [48] Tanzania K003336918 Yes
Bally [B4532] Kenya K003336910 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2029] Tanzania K003336937 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16166] Thailand K000620983 Yes
Put [4301] Thailand K000620980 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Norsangsri, M. [21621] Thailand K000688037 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Norsangsri, M. [21621] Thailand K000688038 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1609] Tanzania K003336941 Yes
Staples, R.R. [410] Tanzania K003336922 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1817] Uganda K003336899 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald [6225] Tanzania K003336925 Yes
Williams, L. [s.n.] Thailand K000688040 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [5199] Thailand K000688042 Yes
Nicholson, B.D. [78] Tanzania K003336926 Yes
R. J. W. [Fiennes] [F170] Uganda K003336901 Yes
Larsen, K. [8140] Thailand K000688043 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3385] Uganda K003336903 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1128] Uganda K003336898 Yes
Boonark [210] Thailand K000688044 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13741] Thailand K000620981 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [309] Tanzania K003336924 Yes
Acres [151] Tanzania K003336933 Yes
Brown, D.R.N. [DRB27] Uganda K003336897 Yes
Musk, H. [H5/30/1] Tanzania K003336940 Yes
Pole Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1156] Kenya K003336911 Yes
Gillman, H. [30] Tanzania K003336938 Yes
Leippert, H. [5084] Kenya K003336908 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1209] Uganda K003336895 Yes
Wingfield, R. [4327] Tanzania K003336914 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7927] Thailand K000620979 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13349] Tanzania K003336946 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14064] Tanzania K003336945 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC3343] Tanzania K003336935 Yes
Stannard, B.; Gilbert, M.G. [1119-1138] Kenya K003336905 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [5023] Uganda K003336906 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1182] Tanzania K003336915 Yes
Richards, M. [19897] Tanzania K003336913 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1284] Tanzania K003336934 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [2241] Tanzania K003336927 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3504] Uganda K003336904 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4392] Uganda K003336900 Yes
Quintas, F. [86] Mozambique K000282252 Type Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3773] Tanzania K003336928 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14896] Thailand K000620982 Yes
Murata, G.; Fukuoka, N.; Phengkhlai, C. [T-17731] Thailand K000688039 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3412] Uganda K003336902 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1950] Thailand K000620978 Yes
Leippert [6300] Tanzania K003336939 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [440] Tanzania K003336943 Yes
Hammond, M.M. [132] Tanzania K003336929 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3424] Kenya K003336907 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5676] Tanzania K003336936 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [561] Tanzania K003336923 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4367] Kenya K003336912 Yes
Sayalel, P.O. [5206] Tanzania K003336931 Yes
Bjornstad, A. [AB1515] Tanzania K003336930 Yes
Procter, J. [3202] Tanzania K003336916 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [4442] Thailand K000688041 Yes

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