Diectomis

Diectomis fastigiata

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: Diectomis
Species: D. fastigiata

Name

• Diectomis Kunth, 1816
• monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, 1816. Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 193.

Additional references

• Vorontsova, M.S., Ratovonirina, G. & Randriamboavonjy, T. (2013). Revision of Andropogon and Diectomis (Poaceae: Sacchareae) in Madagascar and the new Andropogon itremoensis from the Itremo massif. Kew Bulletin 68: 193-207.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Diectomis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Diectomis. 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 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Diectomis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Diectomis. Published online. Accessed: September 22 2022.

Vernacular names

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