Hemarthria altissima

Hemarthria altissima

Hemarthria altissima

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: Ratzeburgiinae
Genus: Hemarthria
Species: Hemarthria altissima

Name

Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb., 1934

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Rottboellia altissima Poir., Voy. Barbarie 2: 105 (1789).
• Homotypic
  • Rottboellia fasciculata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 204 (1792), nom. superfl.
  • Lodicularia fasciculata P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 108 (1812), nom. superfl.
  • Lepturus fasciculatus Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 123 (1820), nom. superfl.
  • Andropogon altissimus (Poir.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 307 (1825).
  • Andropogon fasciculatus Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 307 (1825), nom. illeg.
  • Hemarthria fasciculata Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 153 (1829), nom. superfl.
  • Rottboellia compressa var. fasciculata Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 286 (1889).
  • Manisuris fasciculata (Hack.) Hitchc., Amer. J. Bot. 2: 299 (1915), nom. superfl.
  • Manisuris altissima (Poir.) Hitchc., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 24: 292 (1934).
  • Hemarthria compressa var. fasciculata (Hack.) Keng, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 10: 202 (1936).
  • Hemarthria compressa subsp. altissima (Poir.) Maire, Fl. Afrique N. 1: 261 (1952).
  • Rottboellia compressa subvar. fasciculata (Hack.) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 60 (1960), hierarchial infraspecific ranks not accepted.
  • Hemarthria fasciculata subsp. altissima (Poir.) Maire ex Zangh., Fl. Ital. 1: 907 (1976).
• Heterotypic
  • Rottboellia articulata Thunb. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 787 (1817), pro syn.
  • Rottboellia spathacea Ten., Fl. Neapol. Prodr. App. 4: xi (1823).
  • Hemarthria capensis Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 248 (1832).
  • Lodicularia peruviana Nees in F.J.F.Meyen, Observ. Bot. 2: 71 (1835), nom. nud.
  • Lodicularia capensis (Trin.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 128 (1841).
  • Hemarthria caudiculata Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 359 (1854).
  • Hemarthria guyanensis Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 359 (1854).
  • Hemarthria fasciculata var. gracilis Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 467 (1884).
  • Rottboellia heterochroa Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 302 (1919 publ. 1920).
  • Rottboellia compressa subvar. capensis (Trin.) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 60 (1960), not validly publ.
  • Rottboellia compressa subvar. gracilis (Boiss.) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 60 (1960), hierarchial

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Borneo, Botswana, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Palestine, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. & Hubbard, C.E., 1934. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew 1934:109.

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. Hemarthria altissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Hemarthria altissima. 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 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Hemarthria altissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hemarthria altissima. Published online. Accessed: September 30 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hemarthria altissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: limpograss
suomi: Isoloippoheinä
français: Hémarthrie Comprimée
Hausa: Ɗamarage
中文: 牛鞭草,

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