Microchloa indica

Microchloa indica

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: Microchloa
Species: Microchloa indica

Name

Microchloa indica (L.f.) P.Beauv., 1812

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Nardus indica L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 105 (1782).
• Homotypic
  • Rottboellia setacea Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 17 (1798), nom. superfl.
  • Microchloa setacea R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 208 (1810), nom. superfl.
  • Paspalum setaceum Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 301 (1825), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Paspalum loliaceum Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 272 (1841), pro syn.
  • Microchloa indica var. gracilis Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 219 (1899).
  • Microchloa setacea var. gracilis Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 219 (1899).
  • Microchloa indica var. tenuis Hack., Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 113 (1911).
  • Microchloa setacea f. humilis Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 75 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to N. Australia Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile North, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela 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.  13, t. 20, fig. 8.

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. Microchloa indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Microchloa indica. 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 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Microchloa indica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Microchloa indica. Published online. Accessed: August 31 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Microchloa indica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

bamanankan: Fulabin
Fulfulde: Wicco falandu
中文: 小草

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