Poaceae
Arthraxon

Arthraxon nudus (Steud.) Hochst.

First published in Flora 39: 188 (1856)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Oman, Pakistan to S. Central China and Peninsula Malaysia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Thailand, West Himalaya

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.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Reddy, A.M., Priyadarsini, P. & Rao, B.R.P. (2014). Arthraxon nudus and Ischaemum commutatum (Poaceae), new distributional records for Andhra Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 21-23.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Reddy, A.M., Priyadarsini, P. & Rao, B.R.P. (2014). Arthraxon nudus and Ischaemum commutatum (Poaceae), new distributional records for Andhra Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 21-23.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gomez, W. [8835] Burma K000245902 Type Yes
Clarke, C.B. [15505A] India K002288672 Yes
[illegible] [1367] India K002288669 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23291] India K002288660 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23375] India K002288658 Yes
Heller, D. [1151] India K002288673 Yes
McCann, C. [9749] India K002288680 Yes
McLeish, I. [2844] Oman K002288483 Yes
Mayuranathan, P.V. [11] India K002288675 Yes
J.D.H.; T.T. [s.n.] India K002288668 Yes
Jarrett, F.M.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [985] India K002288664 Yes
Gomez, W. [8835] Burma K000246133 Isosyntype Yes
Wallich, N. [8834] BU K000245904 Isosyntype Yes
Cope, T.A. [671] Oman K002288484 Yes
s.coll. [548] India K002288662 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7746] Oman K002288486 Yes
Gomez, W. [8835] Burma K000245903 Type Yes
Gomez, W. [8835] Burma K000975010 Type Yes
Bor, N.L. [6519] India K002288667 Yes
s.coll. [7696] India K002288678 Yes
J.D.H.; J.S.S. [s.n.] India K002288674 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [2945] India K002288676 Yes
Helfer [548] India K002288677 Yes
Fernandez, R.R. [R782] India K002288681 Yes
Barber, C.A. [4237] India K002288665 Yes
Cope, T.A. [512] Oman K002288485 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [10737] India K002288671 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [845] India K002288663 Yes
Gamble, J.S.; Clarke, C.B. [34131 B] India K002288661 Yes
Mayuranathan, P.V. [8] India K002288666 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23372] India K002288659 Yes
J.D.H.; T.T. [s.n.] India K002288670 Yes
Jarrett, F.M.; Saldanha, C.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [923] India K002288679 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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