Poaceae
Cynodon

Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 82 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to E. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Bangladesh, California, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nepal, Paraguay

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.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hall, D.W. (2019). Grasses of Florida: 1-353. University press of Florida.
  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hall, D.W. (2019). Grasses of Florida: 1-353. University press of Florida.
  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 26 (1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 42 (1965).
  • Edwards & Bogdan, Imp. grassl. pl. Kenya: 39 (1951).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 12 (1947).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 24 (1960).
  • Pilg. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40: 82 (1907).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
West, O. [5468] Ethiopia K003053644 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2018] Kenya K003054454 Yes
Williams, J.G.; Verdcourt; Baring, E. [2190] Kenya K003054448 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [6] Kenya K003054458 Yes
s.coll. [AB5154] Kenya K003054461 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8254] South Africa K003605021 Yes
s.coll. [29] Zimbabwe K003054743 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1638] Kenya K003054463 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1802] Uganda K003054437 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [19688] South Africa K003605022 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB88] Kenya K003054460 Yes
Glover, P.E. [3725] Kenya K003054444 Yes
Peterson, D. [77] Tanzania K003054470 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2401] Kenya K003054455 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4175] Kenya K003054452 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1668] Kenya K003054462 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K003054457 Yes
St.Clair-Thompson, G.W. [324] Tanzania K003054471 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [19688] South Africa K003605023 Yes
Livingstone, D.A. [816] Kenya K003054440 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2486] Kenya K003054456 Yes
Leippert [5689] Tanzania K003054478 Yes
s.coll. [1879/25] Kenya K003054464 Yes
W. Lyne Watt [1315] Kenya K000257077 Type Yes
Thaarer, A. [1220] K000257076 Type Yes
Glover; Samuel; Wateridge [2945] Kenya K003054446 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13001] Kenya K003054453 Yes
Cockburn, N.C. [s.n.] Kenya K003054467 Yes
Stewart [587] Kenya K003054439 Yes
Drake-Brockman, R.E. [s.n.] Ethiopia K003053643 Yes
Harker, K.W. [358] Uganda K003054438 Yes
Bally [B1075] Kenya K003054449 Yes
s.coll. [68] Kenya K003054468 Yes
Umesao, T. [85] Tanzania K003054475 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6657] Kenya K003054445 Yes
Staples, R. [B] Tanzania K003054473 Yes
Stent, S.M. [5519] Zimbabwe K003054742 Yes
Heady, H.F. [1713] Kenya K003054465 Yes
Staples, R. [A] Tanzania K003054474 Yes
Stewart [607] Kenya K003054447 Yes
Carter; Stannard [492] Kenya K003054459 Yes
Greenway [6988] Tanzania K003054477 Yes
Leippert [5703] Tanzania K003054476 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12082] Tanzania K003054472 Yes
Brunt, M. [1386] Kenya K003054443 Yes
Powell, H. [5] Kenya K003054466 Yes
Brunt, M. [1385] Kenya K003054442 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [2809] Kenya K003054451 Yes
[H. W. Ivens] [1107] Tanzania K003054469 Yes
West, O. [5115] Kenya K003054441 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K46] Kenya K003054450 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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