Chloris pycnothrix

Taxonavigation

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

Chloris pycnothrix Trin., 1824

Heterotypic
- Chloris beyrichiana Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 (1829).
- Chloris humilis Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 (1829).
- Chloris obtusifolia Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 177 (1831), nom. illeg.
- Chloris beyreichiana Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 353 (1840), pro syn.
- Chloris intermedia A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 407 (1850).
- Chloris leptostachya Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 407 (1850).
- Chloris salzmannii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 206 (1854).
- Chloris leptostachya var. intermedia (A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 861 (1894).
- Chloris radiata var. beyrichiana (Kunth) Hack., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 13: 489 (1906).
- Gymnopogon haumanii Parodi, Physis (Buenos Aires) 4: 183 (1918).
- Gymnopogon radiatus var. beyrichianus (Kunth) Parodi, Physis (Buenos Aires) 4: 173 (1918).
- Gymnopogon beyrichianus (Kunth) Parodi, Revista Centro Estud. Agron. Veterin. 121: 148 (1925).
- Chloris anomala B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20: 219 (1982).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional:Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti , Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Continental: Southern America
- Regional:Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay
- Regional:Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional:Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional:Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional:Peninsular Arabia
  - Socotra, Yemen
- Introduced into:
  - Belgium, Canary Is., China South-Central, Egypt, Honduras, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Palestine, St.Helena, Sumatera, Windward Is.

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Chloris pycnothrix in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 28. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Chloris pycnothrix. 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 August 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Chloris pycnothrix. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 August 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Chloris pycnothrix. Published online. Accessed: August 28 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chloris pycnothrix in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 August 28.

Afrikaans: Spinnerak-chloris
English: Spiderweb chloris, Spiderweb grass
中文: 异序虎尾草

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