Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Caroline Is., Hawaii, Illinois, Kazan-retto, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Wake I.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Andropogon insularis L. in Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1304 (1759)
- Digitaria leucophaea (Kunth) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 382 (1898), nom. superfl.
- Milium villosum Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 24 (1788), nom. superfl.
- Panicum insulare (L.) G.Mey. in Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 60 (1818)
- Panicum insulare var. leucophaeum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 361 (1898), not validly publ.
- Panicum insulare var. typicum Hack. in Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 70 (1904), not validly publ.
- Panicum lanatum Rottb. in Descr. Rar. Pl. Surin.: 1 (1776), nom. superfl.
- Panicum leucophaeum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 97 (1816), nom. superfl.
- Syntherisma insularis (L.) Millsp. in Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 473 (1902)
- Trichachne insularis (L.) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 86 (1829)
- Tricholaena insularis (L.) Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 557 (1864)
- Valota insularis (L.) Chase in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19: 188 (1906)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Rhynchospora fabri (Rottb.) Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 147 (1855)
- Schoenus fabri Rottb. in Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 62 (1773)
- Agrostis villosa Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 43 (1840), pro syn.
- Andropogon fabricii Henrard in Meded. Rijks-Herb. 40: 44 (1921)
- Milium hirsutum P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 13 (1812)
- Monachne unilateralis Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 2: 468 (1817), nom. illeg.
- Nardus dactyloides Roll.-Germ. ex Rottb. in Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 269 (1778)
- Panicum duchaissingii Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 93 (1854)
- Panicum falsum Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 67 (1853)
- Panicum gavanianum Steud. ex Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 137 (1877), pro syn.
- Panicum saccharoides A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 306 (1850), nom. illeg.
- Saccharum polystachyum Siebold ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 1: 124 (1833), pro syn.
- Tricholaena saccharoides Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 557 (1864)
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.
- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
- Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
- 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.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- 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.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Lo Medico, J.M. & al. (2017). Phylogeny of Digitaria Sections Trichachne and Trichophorae (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae). Systematic Botany 42: 37-53.
- Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and ajacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
- Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Sánchez-Ken, J.G. (2012). A synopsis of Digitaria (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) in Mexico, including the new species Digitaria michoacensis. Acta Botanica Mexicana 101: 127-149. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
- 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.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
- Crop wild relative Inventory https://www.cwrdiversity.org/checklist/ in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/
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.
- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
- Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
- Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- 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.
- Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 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.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Dempewolf, H., Eastwood, R. J., Guarino, L., Khoury, C. K., Müller, J. V. & Toll, J. (2014). Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38, 369-377.
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jun 9, 1986 | Panama | K001467784 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1982 | Santos, T.S. [3428], Bahia | K000004597 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Duchassaing [26], Guadeloupe | K000643075 | Yes | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Leeward Is. AB Ant | K000643076 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1913 | Dusén, P. [11333], Brazil | K001075857 | Yes | ||
Jul 1, 1903 | Colombia | K001467787 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1883 | Bolivia | K000326726 | Yes | ||
Mori, S.A. [11531], Bahia | K000004593 | No | |||
Preston [0], Bahia | K000004595 | No | |||
Salzmann, P. [0], Bahia | K000004596 | Yes | |||
Eiten, G. [10888], Bahia | K000004589 | No | |||
Bolland, G. [3], Brazil | K000004600 | Yes | |||
Gardner [143], Brazil | K000004598 | No | |||
Grupo Pedra do Cavalo [142], Bahia | K000004588 | No | |||
Carvalho, J.H. [407], Brazil | K000004601 | No | |||
Bolland, G. [3], Brazil | K000004599 | Yes | |||
Lanna, J.P. [693], Bahia | K000004594 | No | |||
Harley, R.M. [17565], Bahia | K000004590 | No | |||
Harley, R.M. [16155], Bahia | K000004591 | No | |||
Harley, R.M. [16382], Bahia | K000004592 | No | |||
Gardner, G. [3538], Brazil | K001075850 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [9235], Brazil | K001075855 | Yes | |||
Tweedie, J. [651], Brazil | K001075859 | Yes | |||
Hatschbach, G.G. [49004], Brazil | K001075848 | Yes | |||
Trail, J.W.H. [1237], Brazil | K001075867 | Yes | |||
Clayton, W.D. [4845], Brazil | K001075858 | Yes | |||
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil | K001075849 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [4487], Brazil | K001075856 | Yes | |||
Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. [s.n.], Brazil | K001075862 | Yes | |||
Rambo, B. [46499], Brazil | K001075866 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [4212], Brazil | K001075854 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [1500], Brazil | K001075853 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [1676], Brazil | K001075852 | Yes | |||
Balbio [s.n.] | K001075861 | Yes | |||
Swallen, J.R. [4892], Brazil | K001075847 | Yes | |||
Sagot, P.A. [s.n.], Guyana | K001075863 | Yes | |||
Archer, W.A. [4191], Brazil | K001075864 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [16598], Brazil | K001075851 | Yes | |||
Brothery [26], French Guiana | K001078603 | Yes | |||
Tweedie, J. [s.n.], Brazil | K001075860 | Yes | |||
Carauta, J.P.P. [787], Brazil | K001075865 | Yes | |||
Castellanos, A. [25019], Brazil | K001075846 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467772 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467773 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467774 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467775 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467776 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467777 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467778 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467779 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467780 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001467781 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001467782 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001467783 | Yes | |||
Wood, J.R.I. [4861], Colombia | K001467785 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467786 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467788 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467789 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467790 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467791 | Yes | |||
Wood, J.R.I. [5070], Colombia | K001467792 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467793 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467794 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467795 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467796 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467797 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467798 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467799 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467800 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467801 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0