Poaceae
Imperata

Imperata brasiliensis Trin.

First published in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 331 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.
  • Rúgolo, Z.E. & al. (2023). Flora del Paraguay 51: 1-202. Editions des Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

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.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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?
Jan 1, 2014 Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [6404] Brazil K001068632 Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Burchell, W.J. [6303] Brazil K001068630 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Balée, W.L.; Ribeiro, B.G.S. [784] Brazil K001068645 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6696] Brazil K001068636 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R. [10959] Brazil K001068635 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [9884] Brazil K001068647 Yes
Oct 1, 1949 Handro, O. [136] Brazil K001068637 Yes
Liebmann [35] K003913430 No
Smith, A.C. [3210] Guyana K003913496 No
Harris, W. [12880] Jamaica K003913457 No
Lindeman, J.C. [3122] Brazil K001068638 Yes
Hassler, E. [12219] Paraguay K003913503 No
Chemery, E.M. [154] Trinidad and Tobago K003913463 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Guyana K003913490 No
Quarin, C. [3193] Argentina K003913574 No
Myers, J.G. [5590] Guyana K003913495 No
Combs, R. [701] Cuba K003913449 No
Hoock-Cayenne, J. [s.n.] French Guiana K003913488 No
Aelson [522] Guyana K003913493 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [1629] Brazil K001068646 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Dominican Republic K003913451 No
Wright, C. [3486] Cuba K003913450 No
Asplund, E. [13028] Peru K003913526 No
Hassler, E. [2387] Paraguay K003913505 No
Graham, V. [533] Guyana K001665841 No
Woolston, A.L. [G140] Paraguay K003913501 No
Gibert [1224] Uruguay K003913581 No
Tweedie, J. [s.n.] Brazil K001068641 Yes
Clayton, W.D.; Eiten, G. [4714] Brazil K001068642 Yes
Schomburgk [665] Guyana K003913487 No
Liebmann [86] Mexico K003913429 No
Harris, W. [11660] Jamaica K003913458 No
Cowan, R.S.; Richardson, D. [1131] Trinidad and Tobago K003913464 No
Fox, W. [67] Peru K003913525 No
Venturi, S. [2701] Argentina K003913567 No
Harris, W. [12880] Jamaica K003913459 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [18624] Brazil K001068631 Yes
Rosengurtt, B. [11086] Uruguay K003913580 No
Van Hermann, H.A. [575] Cuba K003913448 No
Kerr, J.G. [s.n.] Paraguay K003913506 No
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [22873] Argentina K003913572 No
Renvoize, S.A. [5425] Colombia K003913521 No
Bernouilli; Cario [872] K003913427 No
Martyn [351] Guyana K003913494 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003913460 No
Woolston, A.L. [G127] Paraguay K003913502 No
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] K003913452 No
Jenman, G.S. [4567] Guyana K003913489 No
Moldenke, H.N. [743] United States K003913426 No
Schinini, A.; Ahumada, O. [15852] Argentina K003913576 No
Pedersen, T.M. [s.n.] Paraguay K003913499 No
Venturi, S. [1360] Argentina K003913570 No
McVaugh, R. [19362] Mexico K003913428 No
Ekman, E.L. [10678] Cuba K003913447 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [6771] Brazil K001068634 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Haiti K003913456 No
Aelson [522] Guyana K003913491 No
Schinini, A.; Vanni, R. [15641] Argentina K003913575 No
Cordini, J.I. [79] Argentina K003913568 No
Fendler, A. [1662] Venezuela K003913523 No
Pedersen, T.M. [15118] Argentina K003913566 No
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Peru K003913527 No
Galeotti, H.G. [5678] Mexico K000632955 Unknown Type Material Yes
Essed [66] Suriname K003913497 No
Wood, J.R.I. [4058] Colombia K003913520 No
Morel, I. [6199] Argentina K003913573 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [671] Brazil K001068633 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [G130] Paraguay K003913500 No
Venturi, S. [5331] Argentina K003913569 No
Hatschbach, G.G.; Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [28290] Brazil K001068640 Yes
Zardini, E.; Velázquez, C. [27440] Paraguay K003913498 No
Stoffers, A.L.; Gorts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Bonsen, K.J. [350] Guyana K003913486 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003913465 No
Aelson [522] Guyana K003913492 No
Velez, I. [2352] Venezuela K003913522 No
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Haiti K003913453 No
Dombrowski, L.T.D [6350] Brazil K001068639 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K003913571 No
Rosengurtt, B. [[S]-3909] Uruguay K003913579 No
Holdridge, L.R. [2081] Haiti K003913455 No
Lira, C.M.S.; Rocha, E.S.F. [309] Brazil K001068643 Yes
Triana, J. [311] Venezuela K003913524 No
Soderstorm, T.R. [1006] Trinidad and Tobago K003913462 No
Riedel [1016] Brazil K000632954 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [22704] Argentina K003913577 No
Moldenke, H.N. [743] United States K003913425 No
Balansa, B. [252] Paraguay K003913504 No
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Haiti K003913454 No
Barreto, R.E.R. [s.n.] Brazil K001068644 Yes
s.coll. [1215] Uruguay K003913578 No
Dombrowski, L.T.D [5532] Brazil K001068676 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0