Echinochloa pyramidalis

Taxonavigation edit

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Boivinellinae
Genus: Echinochloa
Species: Echinochloa pyramidalis

Name edit

Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase, 1917

Synonyms edit

Homotypic
- Panicum pyramidale Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 171 (1791)
Heterotypic
- Echinochloa frumentacea var. violacea Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 10: 244 (1919), nom. provis.
- Echinochloa guadeloupensis (Hack.) Wiegand, Rhodora 23: 63 (1921)
- Echinochloa holubii (Stapf) Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 606 (1920)
- Echinochloa kimpokoensis Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 10: 244 (1919), not validly publ.
- Echinochloa pyramidalis var. guadeloupensis (Hack.) Stehlé, Caribbean Forester 5: 188 (1944)
- Echinochloa quadrifaria (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Chiov., Malpighia 34: 537 (1937)
- Echinochloa quadrifaria var. atroviolacea (A.Rich.) Chiov., Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 275 (1939)
- Echinochloa senegalensis Mez, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 56 (1917)
- Echinochloa verticillata Berhaut, Mém. Publiés Soc. Bot. France 1953-1954: 9 (1954)
- Panicum atroviolaceum A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 368 (1850)
- Panicum crus-galli var. molle Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 179 (1930)
- Panicum crus-galli var. polystachyum Asch. & Schweinf., Ill. Fl. Égypte: 159 (1887)
- Panicum crus-galli var. sphacelatum Hack., Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 140 (1888), nom. nud.
- Panicum frumentaceum var. cuspidatum Nees, J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 207 (1843)
- Panicum hildebrandtii Hack., T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 750 (1894), nom. nud.
- Panicum holubii Stapf, W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 394 (1899)
- Panicum pyramidale var. hebetatum Stapf, W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 369 (1898)
- Panicum pyramidale var. quadrifarium (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 298 (1908 publ. 1907)
- Panicum pyramidale var. spadiceum Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 33 (1930)
- Panicum quadrifarium Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 367 (1850)
- Panicum setarioides Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 74 (1853)
- Panicum spadiciferum Peter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 140 (1937), pro syn.
- Panicum spadiferum Peter, Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 110 (1928), nom. nud.
- Panicum spectabile var. guadeloupense Hack., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 328 (1897)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Oman, Saudi Arabia
- Introduced into:
  - Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nepal, Nicaragua, St.Helena, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Hitchcock, A.S. & Chase, M.A. 1917. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Institution 18:345.

Additional references edit

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 edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Echinochloa pyramidalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 18. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Echinochloa pyramidalis. 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 October 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Echinochloa pyramidalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Echinochloa pyramidalis. Published online. Accessed: October 18 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinochloa pyramidalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names edit

беларуская: антилопова трева
English: antelope grass, Antelope Grass
Fulfulde: Taagol

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