Cymbopogon citratus

Cymbopogon citratus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Anthistiriinae
Genus: Cymbopogon
Species: Cymbopogon citratus

Name

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf, 1906

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Andropogon citratus DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 78 (1813).
• Heterotypic
  • Andropogon citriodorus Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 15 (1815), nom. nud.
  • Andropogon roxburghii Nees ex Wight & Arn. in R.Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl.: 100 (1834).
  • Andropogon cerifer Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 281 (1883).
  • Andropogon nardus subsp. cerifer (Hack.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 605 (1889).
  • Cymbopogon nardus subvar. citratus (DC.) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 174 (1960).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Sri Lanka Introduced into: Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O., 1906. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew 1906:357.

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.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cymbopogon citratus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cymbopogon citratus. 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 September 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cymbopogon citratus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cymbopogon citratus. Published online. Accessed: September 25 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cymbopogon citratus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

čeština: voňatka citronová
Deutsch: Zitronengräser
eʋegbe: Tigbé
English: Lemongrass
español: Pasto de limón
suomi: Intiansitrusheinä
português: Capim-cidreira
Tagalog: tanglad
Türkçe: Limon Otu
Tiếng Việt: Sả chanh

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