Axonopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paspaleae
Subtribus: Paspalinae
Genus: Axonopus
Sectiones: A. sect. Axonopus – A. sect. Senescentia

Series: A. ser. Axonopus
Species: A. amapaensis – A. anceps – A. andinus – A. appendiculatus – A. apricus – A. arcuatus – A. argentinus – A. arsenei – A. aureus – A. barbigerus – A. boliviensis – A. brasiliensis – A. bryoides – A. camargoanus – A. canescens – A. capillaris – A. carajasensis – A. casiquiarensis – A. caulescens – A. centralis – A. chaseae – A. chimantensis – A. chrysoblepharis – A. chrysostachyus – A. ciliatifolius – A. comans – A. comatus – A. complanatus – A. compressus – A. conduplicatus – A. cuatrecasasii – A. debilis – A. deludens – A. elegantulus – A. eminens – A. equitans – A. fastigiatus – A. fissifolius – A. flabelliformis – A. flexuosus – A. furcatus – A. grandifolius – A. herzogii – A. hirsutus – A. hydrolithicus – A. iridifolius – A. jeanyae – A. jesuiticus – A. junciformis – A. kleinii – A. kuhlmannii – A. laxiflorus – A. laxus – A. leptostachyus – A. longispicus – A. magallanesiae – A. maguirei – A. marginatus – A. mathewsii – A. mexicanus – A. micay – A. monticola – A. morronei – A. multipes – A. obtusifolius – A. oiapocensis – A. paschalis – A. passourae – A. paucisetosus – A. pellitus – A. pennellii – A. perlongus – A. piccae – A. poiophyllus – A. polydactylus – A. polystachyus – A. pressus – A. pruinosus – A. pubivaginatus – A. purpusii – A. ramboi – A. ramosus – A. rosei – A. rosengurttii – A. rupestris – A. schultesii – A. scoparius – A. senescens – A. siccus – A. singularis – A. steyermarkii – A. succulentus – A. suffultiformis – A. suffultus – A. sulcatus – A. surinamensis – A. swallenii – A. tenuis – A. triglochinoides – A. uninodis – A. villosus – A. volcanicus – A. yutajensis – A. zuloagae

Name

Axonopus P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 12 (1812)
Type species: Axonopus aureus P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 12 (1812)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Cabrera Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 5 (1816).
- Anastrophus Schltdl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 8: 681 (1850).
- Lappagopsis Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 112 (1854).
- Centrochloa Swallen, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 25: 192 (1935).
- Ophiochloa Filg., Novon 3: 360 (1993)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical Africa to Tropical & Subtropical America
- - Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Suriname, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre
- Introduced into:
  - Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, California, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Philippines, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tuamotu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 12.

Additional references

López, A. & Morrone, O. 2012. Phylogenetic studies in Axonopus (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) and related genera: Morphology and molecular (nuclear and plastid) combined analyses. Systematic Botany, 37(3): 671–376.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Axonopus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 04. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Axonopus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 04. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Axonopus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Axonopus. Published online. Accessed: November 04 2022.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Axonopus.

Vernacular names

English: Carpetgrass
മലയാളം: ആക്സോനോപ്പസ്
中文: 地毯草属