Poaceae
Oropetium

Oropetium thomaeum (L.f.) Trin.

First published in Fund. Agrost.: 98 (1820)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China. It is a perennial or annual.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Chad, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Vietnam, West Himalaya

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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 26 (1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 43 (1965).
  • Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 98 (1820).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 20, 1934 Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K000907457 Unknown Type Material Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9784] Kenya K003360234 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [3105] India K003360130 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [1998] Kenya K003360236 Yes
Thwaites, G., H. K. [872] Sri Lanka K000245053 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003360128 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Kanuri [1474] Kenya K003360229 Yes
Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [157] Somalia K003360196 Yes
K. C. [Jaceaoli] [18541] India K003360132 Yes
[A. F. Haaded Dao] [1259] Tanzania K003360235 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003360114 Yes
s.coll. [91] India K000245050 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8869] K001131685 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clayton, D. [5049] Sri Lanka K003360147 Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K000907458 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mokim [1416] India K003360120 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [8941] Sri Lanka K003360139 No
Barber, C.A. [2720] India K003360134 Yes
Wallich, N. [8869] India K000907455 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [792] India K003360135 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [25153] India K003360115 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [15] India K003360129 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [17757] India K003360126 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4949] Kenya K003360231 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 5123] Kenya K003360230 Yes
Calder, C.C.; Ramaswami, M.S. [659] India K003360131 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [20711] India K003360116 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [17885] India K003360127 Yes
Ballard, F. [1458] Sri Lanka K003360148 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8869] Burma K001131686 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, G. [105] India K000245048 Unknown Type Material Yes
Duthie, J.F. [4975] India K000907456 Unknown Type Material Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1697] Sri Lanka K003360140 Yes
Whaly, R. [s.n.] India K000907454 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clayton, D. [5061] Sri Lanka K003360143 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [9058] Sri Lanka K003360142 Yes
Christopher, J. [G344] India K003360117 Yes
[Labhu Rao] [s.n.] India K003360324 Yes
s.coll. [15753] India K003360137 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1697] Sri Lanka K003360141 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI683] Somalia K003360197 Yes
Wight, R. [1049] India K000245051 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. [213A] India K003360121 Yes
Barber, C.A. [4472] India K003360136 Yes
Wallich, N. [8869] India K001067578 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clayton, D. [5317] Sri Lanka K003360145 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [2886] Ethiopia K003360195 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003360125 Yes
Hartmut, H. [[V5]/58] Pakistan K003360111 Yes
Duthie, J., F. [5123] India K000245049 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3969] India K003360119 Yes
Clayton, D. [5111] Sri Lanka K003360144 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21234] India K003360118 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20839] India K003360133 Yes
Vicary [s.n.] Pakistan K003360112 Yes
Laegaard, S. [13983] Sri Lanka K003360146 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2309] Kenya K003360232 Yes
Wingfield [157] Tanzania K003360237 Yes
Wight, R. [1727] India K000245052 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2261] Kenya K003360233 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [51593] India K003360113 Yes
Rhind, D. [2845] Burma K003360138 Yes

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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