Leptochloa virgata

Leptochloa virgata

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: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Leptochloa
Species: Leptochloa virgata

Name

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Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv., 1812

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Cynosurus virgatus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 876 (1759).
  • Homotypic
    • Poa dactyloides Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane: 51 (1775), nom. superfl.
    • Festuca virgata (L.) Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 189 (1791).
    • Eleusine virgata (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 87 (1805).
    • Leptostachys virgata (L.) G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 74 (1818).
    • Cynodon virgatus (L.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302 (1825), nom. illeg.
  • Heterotypic
    • Cynosurus domingensis Jacq., Misc. Austriac. 2: 363 (1781).
    • Festuca domingensis (Jacq.) Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 189 (1791).
    • Bromus capillaris Moench, Methodus: 194 (1794).
    • Eleusine domingensis (Jacq.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 87 (1805).
    • Rabdochloa domingensis (Jacq.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 84 (1812).
    • Chloris digitaria Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 168 (1816).
    • Chloris gracilis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 168 (1816), nom. illeg.
    • Chloris poiformis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 169 (1816).
    • Leptostachys digitaria (Kunth) G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 74 (1818).
    • Leptostachys domingensis (Jacq.) G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 74 (1818).
    • Leptostachys gracilis G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 74 (1818).
    • Leptochloa domingensis (Jacq.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 133 (1820).
    • Eleusine gracilis Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 350 (1824).
    • Leptochloa gracilis (G.Mey.) Nees, Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 4 (1824).
    • Leptochloa procera Nees, Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 2 (1824).
    • Cynodon domingensis (Jacq.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302 (1825).
    • Leptochloa digitaria (Kunth) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 433 (1829).
    • Leptochloa procera var. major Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde, Phan.: 48 (1831).
    • Leptochloa procera var. minor Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde, Phan.: 48 (1831).
    • Eleusine digitaria (Kunth) Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 549 (1840).
    • Eleusine unioloides Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 549 (1840), not validly publ.
    • Leptochloa chinensis var. aristata Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 12 (1854).
    • Leptochloa mutica Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 208 (1854).
    • Leptochloa virgata var. domingensis (Jacq.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 538 (1864).
    • Leptochloa virgata var. gracilis (G.Mey.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 538 (1864).
    • Leptochloa virgata var. mutica (Steud.) Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 91 (1877).
    • Leptochloa virgata var. aristata E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 146 (1886).
    • Leptochloa virgata var. intermedia E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 146 (1886).
    • Oxydenia virgata Nutt. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 2: 392 (1894), pro syn.
    • Diplachne domingensis (Jacq.) Chapm., Fl. South. U.S., ed. 3: 609 (1897).
    • Leptochloa virgata f. nana Lindm., Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s., 34(6): 33 (1900).
    • Leptochloa perennis Hack., Informe Anual Estaç. Centr. Agron. Cuba 1: 411 (1906).
    • Leptochloa virgata var. puberula Hack., Trab. Mus. Farmacol. 21: 34 (1909).
    • Leptochloa villosa Ekman, Ark. Bot. 10(17): 31 (1911).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Galápagos, Peru
    • Regional: BraZIL
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
    • Regional:nORthern South America
      • Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern USA
      • Florida, South Carolina
    • Regional: Southern Central USA
      • Texas
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Hawaii, Jawa, New Guinea

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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Additional references

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  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Vernacular names

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English: Judd's grass
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