Imperata

Taxonavigation

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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: Germainiinae
Genus: Imperata
Species: I. brasiliensis – I. brevifolia – I. cheesemani – I. condensata – I. conferta – I. contracta – I. cylindrica – I. flavida – I. minutiflora – I. parodii – I. tenuis

Name

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Imperata Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: XXVI (1792).

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Syllepis E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 52 (1886).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira.
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Ethiopia, Socotra, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan (introduced).
    • Regional: Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (introduced).
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central (introduced), Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang (introduced).
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan (introduced).
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya (introduced).
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos (introduced), Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea (introduced), Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Borneo, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (introduced), Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku (introduced), Philippines, Sulawesi (introduced), Sumatera, Christmas Island (introduced).
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago (introduced), New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Norfolk Islands (introduced).
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North (introduced).
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands (introduced).
    • Regional: Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands, Marianas.
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon (introduced).
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico, Texas.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia (introduced).
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay.

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

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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مصرى: حليفاء
العربية: حليفاء
azərbaycanca: Hülpə
беларуская: Императа
English: satintail
فارسی: زلف شیطان
suomi: Silkkiheinät
עברית: משין
қазақша: Баттауық
한국어: 띠속
русский: Императа
中文: 白茅属
 
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