Desmostachya bipinnata

Desmostachya bipinnata

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: Tripogoninae
Genus: Desmostachya
Species: Desmostachya bipinnata

Name

Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf, 1900

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Briza bipinnata L., Fl. Palaest.: 12 (1756).
• Homotypic
  • Uniola bipinnata (L.) L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 104 (1762).
  • Megastachya bipinnata (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 74 (1812).
  • Leptochloa bipinnata (L.) Hochst., Flora 38: 422 (1855).
  • Rabdochloa bipinnata (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 788 (1891).
  • Eragrostis bipinnata (L.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 113 (1895).
  • Stapfiola bipinnata (L.) Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan.: 532 (1903).
  • Pogonarthria bipinnata (L.) Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 362 (1908 publ. 1907).
• Heterotypic
  • Cynosurus durus Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 21 (1775), nom. illeg.
  • Poa cynosuroides Retz., Observ. Bot. 4: 20 (1786).
  • Eragrostis cynosuroides (Retz.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 71 (1812).
  • Dinebra dura Lag., Elench. Pl.: 6 (1816).
  • Eragrostis thunbergii Baill., Hist. Pl. 12: 222 (1893), nom. illeg.
  • Dactylis interrupta Rottler ex Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 325 (1896), pro syn.
  • Desmostachya cynosuroides (Retz.) Stapf ex Massey, Publ. Dept. Agric. For., Bot. Ser. 1: 43 (1926).
  • Desmostachya pingalaiae Raole & R.J.Desai, Nordic J. Bot. 26: 196 (2008).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco , Tunisia Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Chad, Niger Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Pakistan Regional: Indian Subcontinent Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, West Himalaya Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Yemen Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.) (1900) Flora Capensis 7: 632.

Additional references

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0120-9, 455 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Desmostachya bipinnata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Desmostachya bipinnata. 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 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Desmostachya bipinnata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Desmostachya bipinnata. Published online. Accessed: September 09 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Desmostachya bipinnata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

العربية: کرتکی
עברית: חילף
മലയാളം: ദെമൊസ്തച്യ
中文: 羽穗草属

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