Poaceae
Bothriochloa

Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus

First published in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 76: 164 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Fiji, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Germany, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Marquesas, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • 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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Prasanna, P.V. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 32: 1-694. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & Fonseca, R.M. (2017). Flora de Guerrero 75: 1-153. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Camus in Ann. Sci. Linn. Lyon ser. 2, 76: 164 (1931).

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

  • GRIN National Genetic Resources Program http://www.ars-grin.gov in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

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.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • 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.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • 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/.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Prasanna, P.V. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 32: 1-694. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & Fonseca, R.M. (2017). Flora de Guerrero 75: 1-153. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • de Cordemoy, E.J. (1895). Flore de l'ile de la Réunion: 1-574. Librairie des sciences naturelles Paul Klincksieck, Paris.

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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 28, 2021 Hosaka, E.Y. [1712] United States K001614795 No
Stokes, J. [6] Australia K002381206 Yes
Wight, R. [1696] India K000245660 Type Yes
Bourne [1336] India K002380373 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [4926] India K002380403 Yes
Whittet, J.N. [s.n.] Australia K002381209 Yes
Delnatte, C. [3644] Martinique K001612860 Yes
Sylvester, S.P.; Soreng, R.; Bravo, W.; Cuta, L.E. [3168] Colombia K001636645 No
s.coll. [1052] India K002380389 Yes
Nusker, J.D. [1260] India K002380411 Yes
Wight, R. [1696] India K001057435 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3858] Thailand K000620570 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [50973] India K002380356 Yes
Levinge [s.n.] India K002380362 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002380368 Yes
Thomson, J. [784] India K002380412 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7434] Thailand K000688711 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21612] India K002380387 Yes
Marcan, A. [2230] Thailand K000620571 Yes
s.coll. [1696] K001057476 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blake, S.T. [15833] Australia K002381205 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [24211] India K002380365 Yes
Dee [8523] Thailand K000688709 Yes
s.coll. [66] India K002380379 Yes
Wingate, G. [s.n.] India K002380401 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [24994] India K002380357 Yes
Gould, F.W.; Roy, G.P. [13001] India K002380355 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [24638] India K002380400 Yes
T.T.; Schmidt [s.n.] India K002380378 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1896] India K002380397 Yes
Polunin, O.V.; Sykes, W.R.; Williams, L.H.J. [3548] Nepal K002380345 Yes
Smith, F. [CPI106102B] Australia K002381202 Yes
Stokes, J. [6] Australia K002381207 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6759] India K002380358 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002380360 Yes
Bourne [3233] India K002380383 Yes
Bourne [3233] India K002380384 Yes
Wight, R. [1696] India K001057475 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13432] Thailand K000620567 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13432] Thailand K000620568 Yes
Bourne; A.H.G. [3120] India K002380370 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; Maries, C. [174] India K002380367 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2736] Thailand K000620569 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Clarkson, J.R. [3593] Australia K002381203 Yes
Schaar, D. [72] Nepal K002380344 Yes
Bourne, A.G.; Bourne, E.T. [s.n.] India K002380386 Yes
Narayanasamey, V. [3013] India K002380391 Yes
s.coll. [[1696C]] India K002380406 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [2362] India K002380396 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [34267A] India K002380361 Yes
Norsaengsri, M.; Tathana, N. [8234] Thailand K002380734 Yes
Bourne [4672] India K002380385 Yes
Fernandez, R.R. [R484] India K002380354 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [8962] India K002380351 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3744] India K002380350 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002380405 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6562] India K002380349 Yes
Bourne; A.H.G. [3120] India K002380371 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [18737] India K002380409 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [19103] India K002380394 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [8960] India K002380352 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [20468] India K002380363 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12740] India K002380381 Yes
Royle [s.n.] India K002380404 Yes
Bourne [1336] India K002380372 Yes
[Forest College Students] [s.n.] India K002380388 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [17176] India K002380369 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [34454E] India K002380410 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1431] India K002380398 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [4608a] India K002380392 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002380359 Yes
Hodd, K.J.B. [254] India K002380402 Yes
Singh, V. [3087] India K002380393 Yes
Fernandez, R.R. [R1043] India K002380353 Yes
Holttum, R.E. [37926] Thailand K002380735 Yes
Celarier, R. [A-2654-I] India K002380376 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [19625] India K002380390 Yes
s.coll. [66] India K002380377 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21119] India K002380399 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21510] India K002380382 Yes
T.T. [11] Pakistan K002380346 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Cornejo, X.; participants in grass-course [20654] Ecuador K001472016 Yes
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [5856] Nepal K002380343 Yes
Blake, S.T. [19950] Australia K002381208 Yes
Hackel, E. [s.n.] India K002380364 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Andrews, S.B. [2566] Australia K002381204 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23392] Pakistan K002380347 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1802] India K002380395 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [18834] India K002380408 Yes
T.T. [11] India K002380413 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [18675] India K002380414 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002380366 Yes
Larsen, K.; Smitinand, T.; Warncke, E. [1112] Thailand K000688710 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] Pakistan K002380348 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Cornejo, X.; participants in grass-course [20654], Ecuador K001472016 Yes
Ecuador K001472017 Yes
Ecuador K001472018 Yes

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