Poaceae
Orinus

Orinus thoroldii (Stapf ex Hemsl.) Bor

First published in Kew Bull. 6: 454 (1951 publ. 1952)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Asia to W. China and W. & Central Himalaya. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Su, X. & al. (2017). A taxonomic revision of Orinus (Poaceae) with a new species, O. intermedius, from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Novon 25: 206-213.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1956). Flora Kazakhstana 1: 1-354. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  • Roshevitz, R.J. & al. (eds.) (1950). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR 2: 1-315. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
  • 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?
Joshi, D.P.; Bhattacharya, T.K. [74/2204] Nepal K003629332 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K003629324 Yes
Koelz, W. [2365] Pakistan K000907504 Type Yes
Miehe [1171A] China K003629322 Yes
Soreng, R.J.; Peterson, P.M.; Hang, S. [5515] China K003629326 Yes
Joshi, D.P.; Bhattacharyya, T.K. [74/2165] Nepal K003629333 Yes
Joshi, D.P.; Bhattacharya, T.K. [74/2204] Nepal K003629334 Yes
Soreng, R.J.; Peterson, P.M.; Hang, S. [5640] China K003629328 Yes
Younghusband, F.E. [147] China K003629319 Yes
Miehe [1261] China K003629323 Yes
Stainton, J.D.A. [4428] India K003629329 Yes
Soreng, R.J.; Peterson, P.M.; Hang, S. [5507] China K003629325 Yes
Stainton, J.D.A. [4428] India K003629330 Yes
Thorold, W.G. [120] China K000907432 Unknown Type Material Yes
Joshi, D.P.; Bhattacharya, T.K. [74/2165] Nepal K003629331 Yes
Younghusband, F.E. [147] China K003629320 Yes
Arnold, P. [s.n.] China K000907434 Unknown Type Material Yes
Koelz, W. [2365] Pakistan K000245008 Unknown Type Material Yes
Soreng, R.J.; Peterson, P.M.; Hang, S. [5529] China K003629327 Yes
Dickoré, B. [3090] China K003629321 Yes

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