Poaceae
Cymbopogon

Cymbopogon coloratus (Hook.f.) Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 321 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. India, Indo-China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Myanmar, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Fiji, Solomon Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [1703] India K000974935 Type Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [3087] India K000245881 Holotype Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [1703] India K000245882 Type Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [1703] India K001097393 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] India K003912939 No
Matthew, K.M.; Mathew, K.T. [50265] India K003912943 No
s.coll. [14322] India K003912945 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912944 No
[C. E. Bar] [4396] India K003912964 No
s.coll. [30837] Fiji K002704187 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Rajendren, N. [44539] India K003912930 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912946 No
Gillespie, J.W. [4152] Fiji K002704186 Yes
Jarrett, F.M.; Saldanha, C.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP609] India K003912934 No
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] India K003912941 No
Meebold, A. [10443] India K003912963 No
Duthie, J.F. [9893] India K003912933 No
Gamble, J.S. [11195] India K003912935 No
s.coll. [10000] India K003912937 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912936 No
[K. Cheriam Jaeob] [18052] India K003912938 No
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] India K003912940 No
Duthie, J.F. [9893] India K003912931 No
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] India K003912942 No
Tothill, J.D. [42] Fiji K002704189 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [26242] India K003912932 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Fiji K002704188 Yes
s.coll. [H2044/1927] India K003912965 No

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