Microchloa indica

Microchloa indica

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: Microchloa
Species: Microchloa indica

Name

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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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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bamanankan: Fulabin
Fulfulde: Wicco falandu
中文: 小草
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