Ctenium aromaticum

Ctenium aromaticum

Ctenium aromaticum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Cteniinae
Genus: Ctenium
Species: Ctenium aromaticum

Name

Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood, 1861

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aegilops aromatica Walter, Fl. Carol.: 249 (1788).
• Homotypic
  • Monocera aromatica (Walter) Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 177 (1816).
  • Triatherus aromaticus (Walter) Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 3: 99 (1818).
  • Campulosus aromaticus (Walter) Scribn., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 45 (1894).
• Heterotypic
  • Nardus gangitis L., Sp. Pl.: 53 (1753), nom. rej.
  • Nardus scorpioides Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 153 (1791).
  • Chloris monostachya Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 59 (1803).
  • Campulosus gracilior Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 189 (1810), nom. superfl.
  • Campulosus monostachyus (Michx.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 64 (1812).
  • Ctenium carolinianum Panz., Ideen Rev. Gräser: 61 (1813), nom. superfl.
  • Monerma gangitis (L.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 800 (1817).
  • Ctenium americanum Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 274 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Cynodon monostachyus (Michx.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825).
  • Aplocera maritima Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 193 (1830), not validly publ.
  • Campulosus macrostachys Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 29 (1840), pro syn.
  • Chloris piperita Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 353 (1840), pro syn.
  • Rottboellia scorpioides Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 474 (1841), pro syn.
  • Campulosus gracilis Bertol., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 2: 602 (1850).
  • Campulosus gangitis (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 764 (1891).
  • Ctenium gangitis (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 416 (1913 publ. 1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wood, A., 1861. Class-book Bot.: 806

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ctenium aromaticum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ctenium aromaticum. 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 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ctenium aromaticum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ctenium aromaticum. Published online. Accessed: August 27 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ctenium aromaticum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: toothache grass

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