Melinis minutiflora

Melinis minutiflora

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: Paniceae
Subtribus: Melinidinae
Genus: Melinis
Species: Melinis minutiflora

Name

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Brazilian stinkgrass
lea faka-Tonga: puakatau
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