Leptochloa virgata

Leptochloa virgata

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page.  71, 161, 166, t. 15, fig. 1. 1812

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

Vernacular names

English: Judd's grass

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