Hyperthelia dissoluta

Hyperthelia dissoluta

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: Andropogoninae
Genus: Hyperthelia
Species: Hyperthelia dissoluta

Name

Hyperthelia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) Clayton, 1966

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Anthistiria dissoluta Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 400 (1854).
• Homotypic
  • Hyparrhenia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) C.E.Hubb. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 591 (1936).
• Heterotypic
  • Andropogon anthesterioides Rupr. ex M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 245 (1842), nom. nud.
  • Andropogon macrolepis Hack., Flora 68: 125 (1885).
  • Andropogon ruprechtii Hack., Flora 68: 126 (1885).
  • Hyparrhenia ruprechtii (Hack.) E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 67 (1886).
  • Sorghum macrolepis (Hack.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891).
  • Sorghum ruprechtii (Hack.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891).
  • Cymbopogon ruprechtii (Hack.) Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 160 (1899).
  • Andropogon luteolus Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 9: 241 (1918), nom. provis.
  • Hyparrhenia macrolepis (Hack.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 328 (1919).
  • Hyperthelia macrolepis (Hack.) Clayton, Kew Bull. 20: 445 (1966).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Introduced into: Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Clayton, W.D. (1966) Kew Bulletin 20: 441.

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. Hyperthelia dissoluta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Hyperthelia dissoluta. 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 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Hyperthelia dissoluta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hyperthelia dissoluta. Published online. Accessed: September 23 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hyperthelia dissoluta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Geeldekgras
English: Yellow thatching grass

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