Poaceae
Hemarthria

Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 207 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Comoros, Iraq to S. Central & S. Japan and Peninsula Malaysia, Borneo. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Solomon Is.

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. (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.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • 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.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S. (2020). Flora of Eastern Ghats 7: 1-474. Regency publications, New Deli.
  • Traiperm, P. & al. (2010). The genus Hemarthria R.Br. (Poaceae) in Thailand. Thai Journal of Botany 2: 133-147.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Veldkamp, J.F. & al. (2013). A revision of Mnesithea (Gramineae - Rottboelliinae) in Malesia and Thailand. Blumea 58: 277-292.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • 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. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • 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.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S. (2020). Flora of Eastern Ghats 7: 1-474. Regency publications, New Deli.
  • Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
  • Veldkamp, J.F. & al. (2013). A revision of Mnesithea (Gramineae - Rottboelliinae) in Malesia and Thailand. Blumea 58: 277-292.
  • Voeltzkow, A. (1917). Flora und Fauna der Comoren: 428-480.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • 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?
Jan 1, 1999 De Silva, F. [8871] India K000815801 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1999 s.coll. [8871] Indian Subcontinent K000815796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1999 s.coll. [8871] Nepal K000815800 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19717] Thailand K002449312 No
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1749] Sri Lanka K002449285 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6754] India K002449273 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3455] India K002449269 Yes
Bor, N.L. [1117] India K002449217 No
Nusker, J.D. [1293] India K002449252 Yes
U Thein Lwin [119] Burma K002449281 Yes
But, P. [076] Hong Kong K002449178 No
Balansa, B. [502] K002449316 No
Merrill, E.D.; Swingle, W. [10873] China K002449170 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [3764] Thailand K000620141 No
Jacquemont, V. [345] India K002449221 No
Tsang, W.T. [[16032]] China K002449167 No
s.coll. [3254] Sri Lanka K002449287 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [23387] India K002449254 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002449232 Yes
Ikeda, H. [IRFL607] Japan K002449716 Yes
Balansa, B. [s.n.] Afghanistan K002449155 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [4460] Thailand K000620139 No
Schaar, D. [87] Nepal K002449245 Yes
M. L. [ Slmaan] [138] India K002449256 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Afghanistan K002449153 No
Henry, A. [1896] Taiwan K002449162 No
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [3576] Thailand K000688961 No
Rhind, D. [2850] India K002449279 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [35799D] India K002449263 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002449267 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002449274 Yes
Rice, C. [58] Nepal K002449242 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23325] India K002449238 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1934] Thailand K000620138 No
s.coll. [8871] Burma K000815798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K002449253 Yes
s.coll. [2636] India K002449223 No
Koelz, W.N. [25525] India K002449276 Yes
Bor, N.L. [s.n.] India K002449277 Yes
s.coll. [7] India K002449278 Yes
Thein Lwin, U. [115] Burma K002449218 No
Shaw, D. [s.n.] Greece K002449136 No
Larsen, K.; Larsen, S.S. [34242] Thailand K000688962 No
Stewart, R.R. [8097] India K002449233 Yes
s.coll. [8871] Nepal K000815797 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malaysia K001315383 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002449225 No
But, P. [050] Hong Kong K002449179 No
Koelz, W.N. [19454] India K002449257 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [429] Afghanistan K002449154 No
s.coll. [31327] India K002449268 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [533] China K002449166 No
Duthie, J.F. [2452] India K002449272 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002449270 Yes
Dunn, S.T. [[9257]] Taiwan K002449164 No
Soderstrom, T.; Kulatunge, S. [1749] Sri Lanka K002449283 Yes
[Dr. Hanca] [s.n.] Hong Kong K002449177 No
Wallich [s.n.] Nepal K002449247 Yes
Fung, H. [20446] China K002449172 No
Guile, D.P.M. [7484] Hong Kong K002449174 No
Thompson, T. [298] India K002449266 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K002449222 No
Agnew; Harris; Waleed [W1844] Iraq K002449151 No
Tsang, W.T. [29421] Vietnam K002449315 No
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] Hong Kong K002449181 No
Talbot, H.F. [s.n.] India K002449219 No
Henry, A. [10169] China K002449169 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002449261 Yes
De Silva, F. [8871] India K000815799 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1721] India K002449258 Yes
Laurie, A. [73] Nepal K002449248 Yes
Tanaka, T.; Shimada, Y. [11162] Taiwan K002449165 No
Robb [s.n.] India K002449227 No
Maire, E.E. [2908] China K002449173 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Nepal K002449240 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7944] Thailand K000620140 No
Rice, C. [55] Nepal K002449243 Yes
Stewart, R.R.; Frontier, N.W. [24263] Pakistan K002449239 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23499a] Pakistan K002449231 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002449271 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [21076] India K002449224 No
Motley, J. [429] Indonesia K002449331 No
Pierre, J.B.L. [39] K002449317 No
[illegible] [7939] Pakistan K002449236 Yes
s.coll. [8871] Indian Subcontinent K000815802 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davidse, C. [7474] Sri Lanka K002449286 Yes
Ikeda, H. [404147] Japan K002449717 Yes
Schaaf, D. [84] Nepal K002449250 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13153] Sri Lanka K002449284 Yes
s.coll. [8871] Indian Subcontinent K000815803 Unknown Type Material Yes
[L. H. Bor] [18499] India K002449259 Yes
s.coll. [452] India K002449260 Yes
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [4144] Nepal K002449244 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Norsangsri, M. [21619] Thailand K000688964 Yes
Clarke, C.B.; Hackel, E. [34459A] India K002449264 Yes
Roxburgh [s.n.] India K002449220 No
But, P. [179] Hong Kong K002449180 No
Aitchison, J.E.T. [252] Pakistan K002449237 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [1105] Pakistan K002449234 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2005] Thailand K002449313 No
Blatter, E. [2625] India K002449226 No
Sasaki, S. [21559] Taiwan K002449163 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Taiwan K002449171 No
Drummond, J.R. [21045] India K002449255 Yes
Field, D.I. [335] Nepal K002449246 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Afghanistan K002449152 No
Belcher, R.O. [s.n.] Burma K002449280 Yes
Belcher, R.O. [s.n.] Burma K002449282 Yes
But, P. [022] Hong Kong K002449176 No
Stewart [15075] India K002449229 No
Hu, S.Y. [10377] Hong Kong K002449182 No
Blatter, E. [2670] India K002449228 No
Shuter [s.n.] India K002449275 Yes
Navchoo, I. [IN446] India K002449251 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [7955] Hong Kong K002449183 No
Schaaf, D. [126] Nepal K002449249 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002449216 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002449265 Yes
Stewart [510/P] Pakistan K002449235 Yes
Larsen, K.; Santisuk, T.; Warncke, E. [2480] Thailand K002449314 No
Haines, H.H. [5286] India K002449262 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [7483] Hong Kong K002449175 No
Stewart, R.R. [23499a] Pakistan K002449230 Yes
Keng [s.n.] China K002449168 No
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [7154] Nepal K002449241 Yes
Larsen, K.; Santisuk, T.; Warncke, E. [2743] Thailand K000688963 No

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