Melinis minutiflora

Melinis minutiflora

Taxonavigation

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: Melinidinae
Genus: Melinis
Species: Melinis minutiflora

Name

Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 54, t. 11, fig. 4 (1812).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Panicum minutiflorum (P.Beauv.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 299 (1825).
  • Panicum melinis Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 291 (1834), nom. superfl..
• Heterotypic
  • Suardia picta Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 58 (1819).
  • Tristegis glutinosa Nees, Horae Phys. Berol.: 47, 54 (1820).
    • Agrostis glutinosa Nees, Horae Phys. Berol.: 47, 54 (1820), pro syn.
    • Melinis minutiflora var. glutinosa (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898).
  • Agrostis glutinosa Fisch. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 138 (1833).
  • Agrostis polypogon Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 178 (1854).
  • Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 177 (1854).
  • Panicum melinis var. inerme Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 242 (1877).
    • Melinis minutiflora var. inermis (Döll) Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 200 (1899)
    • Melinis minutiflora f. inermis (Döll) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 932 (1930)
  • Melinis minutiflora var. mutica Hack., Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 89: 126 (1884)
  • Melinis minutiflora var. inodora Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898).
  • Melinis minutiflora var. pilosa Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 447 (1899)
  • Melinis minutiflora f. mutica Chiov., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 79 (1919), nom. illeg.
    • Melinis maitlandii f. mutica (Chiov.) Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 9: 197 (1932)
  • Melinis tenuinervis Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 310 (1922).
  • Melinis purpurea Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 444 (1926)
  • Melinis maitlandii Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 445 (1926).
  • Melinis purpurea Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 444 (1926).
  • Melinis tenuinervis f. mutica Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 157 (1930), nom. nud.
  • Melinis tenuinervis var. parvispicula Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 157 (1930), nom. nud.
  • Melinis minutiflora var. setigera Clayton, Kew Bull. 21: 113 (1967)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt (introduced). Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira (introduced). Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension (introduced). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar, Réunion (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced) Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Myanmar, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Tonga. Regional: South-Central Pacific Easter Islands, Marquesas, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. ⧼Regional: Southern South America⧽ ⧼Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.⧽ 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. 

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. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-syn.html
• Wipff, J.K. 2002. Melinis. Pp. 490 in Barkworth, M.E., Capels, K.M., Long, S., Anderton, L.K. & Piep, M.B. (eds.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 25: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae (part 2). xxv, 783 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, ISBN 0-19-516748-1. FNA Website – Melinis Reference page. ===Links===
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Melinis minutiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Melinis minutiflora. 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 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Melinis minutiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Melinis minutiflora. Published online. Accessed: October 26 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melinis minutiflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian stinkgrass
lea faka-Tonga: puakatau

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