Poaceae
Chrysopogon

Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss.) Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 211 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. & NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula to NW. India. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, West Himalaya, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Prasanna, P.V. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 32: 1-694. Botanical Survey of India.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1907: 21.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Charif, G. [207a] Iran K003435704 Yes
Lamond, J. [333] Pakistan K003436453 Yes
s.coll. [5941] Iran K003435700 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [24775] Pakistan K003436477 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [8752/2] Oman K003435740 Yes
Carter, J.E. [309] Afghanistan K003435716 Yes
s.coll. [567] Yemen K003435738 Yes
Herb. Griffith [6814] Afghanistan K003435713 Yes
Lamond, J. [1234] Pakistan K003436455 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [7593] Pakistan K003436478 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [29419] Pakistan K003436471 Yes
Herb. Griffith [6816] Afghanistan K003435720 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4012] Somalia K003162081 No
Verdcourt [3898] Kenya K003162242 No
Bogdan, A. [AB2498] Kenya K003162245 No
s.coll. [6287] Iran K003435709 Yes
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F.; Aellen, P.; Esfandiari, E. [3393] Iran K003435708 Yes
Eloy, A. [5465] K001050458 Type Yes
Collenette, C.N. [174] Somalia K003162079 No
Gilbert, M.G. [3438] Ethiopia K003162077 No
Griffith [s.n.] Afghanistan K003435714 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12877] Kenya K003162246 No
s.coll. [562] Yemen K003435737 Yes
Fleming [55[9]] Pakistan K003436460 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J.J. [400] Yemen K003435735 Yes
Rahman, A. [25656] Pakistan K003436450 Yes
Charif, G. [1047] Iran K003435705 Yes
Cosson, E. [s.n.] Morocco K000244651 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harsukh [20665] Pakistan K003436467 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [27827] Pakistan K003436457 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [560] Yemen K003435736 Yes
Podlech, D. [20359] Afghanistan K003435719 Yes
Parsa, A. [50] Iran K003435699 Yes
s.coll. [185] K003435711 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] Pakistan K003436448 Yes
Sultan ul Abedin [5014] Pakistan K003436472 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [54668] Iran K003435702 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [203] Saudi Arabia K003435734 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [174] Somalia K003162080 No
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15683] Ethiopia K003162078 No
Gibbons, R.B.; Gibbons, L. [308] Afghanistan K003435718 Yes
Griffith [355] Afghanistan K003435712 Yes
Parmanand, N. [905] India K003436462 Yes
Yahya, M. [47] Pakistan K003436466 Yes
s.coll. [6814] Afghanistan K003435710 Yes
Charif, G. [1047] Iran K003435706 Yes
Sharif, M. [s.n.] Pakistan K003436470 No
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F.; Aellen, P.; Esfandiari, E. [3712] Iran K003435701 Yes
s.coll. [2110a] Afghanistan K003435717 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [1155] K003436461 Yes
Furse, P. [5563] Afghanistan K003435715 Yes
Inayat [22893] India K003436464 Yes
Davis, P.H.; Bokha [D56217] Iran K003435703 Yes
Norris, J.J. [153] Pakistan K003436476 Yes
Harsukh [15704] Pakistan K003436446 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3063] Kenya K003162243 No
Wood, J.R.I. [75316] Yemen K003435732 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [643] Pakistan K000245646 Type Yes
Stocks, J.E. [643] Pakistan K000245835 Isotype Yes
Duthie, J.F. [[11H]] Pakistan K003436452 Yes
Sanadiki, N. [25] Yemen K003435733 Yes
Collenette, S. [1974/227] Saudi Arabia K003435731 Yes
Adamson, T. [EAH11665] Kenya K003162241 No
Adamson, T. [27] Kenya K003162249 No
s.coll. [177] Pakistan K003436474 Yes
Crookshank, H. [s.n.] Pakistan K003436456 Yes
Inayat; Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K003436465 Yes
Salavatian [1051E] Iran K003435707 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6546] Kenya K003162248 No
Norris, J.J. [155] Pakistan K003436449 Yes
Norris, J.J. [5] Pakistan K003436468 No
Stewart, R.R. [27550] Pakistan K003436473 Yes
Wingate, G. [s.n.] India K003436459 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [15704] Pakistan K003436475 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [19042] Pakistan K003436451 Yes
Chand, T.R. [7460a] India K001665959 No
Bogdan, A. [AB1866] Kenya K003162244 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003436463 Yes
Wieland, R.G. [4365] Somalia K003162082 No
Stewart, R.R. [27967] Pakistan K003436469 No
Gallagher, M.D. [877714] Oman K003435739 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2408] Kenya K003162247 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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.
    • 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