Echinochloa pyramidalis

Echinochloa pyramidalis

Echinochloa pyramidalis

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: Boivinellinae
Genus: Echinochloa
Species: Echinochloa pyramidalis

Name

Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase, 1917

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Panicum pyramidale Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 171 (1791)
• Heterotypic
  • Echinochloa frumentacea var. violacea Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 10: 244 (1919), nom. provis.
  • Echinochloa guadeloupensis (Hack.) Wiegand, Rhodora 23: 63 (1921)
  • Echinochloa holubii (Stapf) Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 606 (1920)
  • Echinochloa kimpokoensis Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 10: 244 (1919), not validly publ.
  • Echinochloa pyramidalis var. guadeloupensis (Hack.) Stehlé, Caribbean Forester 5: 188 (1944)
  • Echinochloa quadrifaria (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Chiov., Malpighia 34: 537 (1937)
  • Echinochloa quadrifaria var. atroviolacea (A.Rich.) Chiov., Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 275 (1939)
  • Echinochloa senegalensis Mez, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 56 (1917)
  • Echinochloa verticillata Berhaut, Mém. Publiés Soc. Bot. France 1953-1954: 9 (1954)
  • Panicum atroviolaceum A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 368 (1850)
  • Panicum crus-galli var. molle Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 179 (1930)
  • Panicum crus-galli var. polystachyum Asch. & Schweinf., Ill. Fl. Égypte: 159 (1887)
  • Panicum crus-galli var. sphacelatum Hack., Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 140 (1888), nom. nud.
  • Panicum frumentaceum var. cuspidatum Nees, J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 207 (1843)
  • Panicum hildebrandtii Hack., T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 750 (1894), nom. nud.
  • Panicum holubii Stapf, W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 394 (1899)
  • Panicum pyramidale var. hebetatum Stapf, W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 369 (1898)
  • Panicum pyramidale var. quadrifarium (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 298 (1908 publ. 1907)
  • Panicum pyramidale var. spadiceum Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 33 (1930)
  • Panicum quadrifarium Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 367 (1850)
  • Panicum setarioides Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 74 (1853)
  • Panicum spadiciferum Peter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 140 (1937), pro syn.
  • Panicum spadiferum Peter, Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 110 (1928), nom. nud.
  • Panicum spectabile var. guadeloupense Hack., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 328 (1897)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Oman, Saudi Arabia Introduced into: Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nepal, Nicaragua, St.Helena, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Chase, M.A. 1917. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Institution 18:345.

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. Echinochloa pyramidalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Echinochloa pyramidalis. 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 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Echinochloa pyramidalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Echinochloa pyramidalis. Published online. Accessed: October 18 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinochloa pyramidalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

беларуская: антилопова трева
English: antelope grass, Antelope Grass
Fulfulde: Taagol

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