Poaceae
Pharus

Pharus lappulaceus Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane: 859 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

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 (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hall, D.W. (2019). Grasses of Florida: 1-353. University press of Florida.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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

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.
  • 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 (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 6, 2013 Smith, L.B. [1370] Brazil K000947349 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Clayton, W.D. [4579] Brazil K000947355 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Hatschbach, G.G.; Imaguire, N. [16367] Brazil K000947361 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [14134] Brazil K000947353 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [5047] Brazil K000947365 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Belvedere [9505] Brazil K000947356 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000947373 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Boog [s.n.] Brazil K000947374 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Riedel [166] Brazil K000947348 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Hatschbach, G.G. [14215] Brazil K000947358 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Krapovickas, A.; Cristóbal, C.L.; Quarin, C. [22915] Brazil K000947344 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 s.coll. [38] Brazil K000947372 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Dono, E.; Fielding, H.B. [s.n.] Peru K000947342 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Hatschbach, G.G.; Guimarães, O. [19041] Brazil K000947360 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Rambo, B. [46099] Brazil K000947350 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000947371 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Hatschbach, G.G. [15724] Brazil K000947357 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Burchell [1814] Brazil K000947367 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Clayton, W.D. [4618] Brazil K000947354 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Dusén, P. [7753] Brazil K000947364 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Castellanos, A. [24703] Brazil K000947351 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [13063] Brazil K000947352 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Hatschbach, G.G. [16211] Brazil K000947359 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [4457] Brazil K000947366 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Hatschbach, G.G. [15612] Brazil K000947362 Yes
Aug 6, 2013 Hatschbach [26380] Brazil K000947347 Yes
Aug 1, 2013 Calderon, C.E. [2016] Brazil K000947377 Yes
Aug 1, 2013 Glaziou [17926] Brazil K000947370 Yes
Aug 1, 2013 s.coll. [s.n.] K000947369 Yes
Aug 1, 2013 Calderon, C.E. [2020] Brazil K000947376 Yes
Aug 1, 2013 Carauta, J.P.P. [957] Brazil K000947375 Yes
Aug 1, 2013 Glaziou [4398] Brazil K000947368 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Kallunki, J.A.; Pirani, J.R. [641] Brazil K000947346 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Groppo, M., Jr.; Pirani, J.R.; Marcato, A.C.; Gomes, C.G.; Petacci, F.; Lima, W.T. [586] Brazil K000947345 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Steyermark, J.A. [88006] Venezuela K001249225 Yes
Feb 22, 1942 Venezuela K001249223 Yes
Munro, W. [1110] Colombia K001249222 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [17926] Brazil K000947378 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Russell, G.F.; Hage, J. [2194] Brazil K000001151 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000433409 Type Yes
Calderon, C.E.; Pinheiro, R.S. [2171] Brazil K000001158 Yes
Calderon, C.E. [2043] Brazil K000001159 Yes
Carvalho, A.M.; Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G. [4480] Brazil K000001136 Yes
Calderon, C.E.; Pinheiro, R.S. [2254] Brazil K000001156 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Sucre, D. [1892] Brazil K000947343 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [17839] Brazil K000001153 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Russell, G.F.; Hage, J. [2188] Brazil K000001150 Yes
Sellow [1840] Brazil K000433408 Type Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Russell, G.F.; Hage, J. [2121] Brazil K000001152 Yes
Santos, T.S.; Mattos Silva, L.A.; Plowman, T. [3552] Brazil K000001154 Yes
Calderon, C.E.; Pinheiro, R.S. [2247] Brazil K000001155 Yes
Dusén, P. [9902] Brazil K000947363 Yes
Calderon, C.E.; Pinheiro, R.S. [2205] Brazil K000001149 Yes
Calderon, C.E.; Pinheiro, R.S. [2212] Brazil K000001157 Yes
Munro, W. [1110], Colombia K001249222 Yes
Venezuela K001249224 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [88006], Venezuela K001249225 Yes
Ecuador K001249226 Yes
Peru K001249227 Yes
Peru K001249228 Yes
Peru K001249229 Yes

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  • 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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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