Tetrapogon roxburghiana

Tetrapogon roxburghiana

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: Tetrapogon
Species: Tetrapogon roxburghiana

Name

Tetrapogon roxburghiana (Schult.) P.M.Peterson, Taxon 64: 460 (2015).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Chloris roxburghiana Schult., Mant. 2: 239 (1824).
• Heterotypic
  • Chloris polystachya Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 332 (1820), nom. illeg.
  • Chloris myriostachya Hochst., Flora 38: 204 (1855).
  • Chloris myriostachya var. minor Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 54 (1903 publ. 1902).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces Regional: Tropical Africa Botswana, Malawi, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Myanmar Regional: Peninsular Arabia Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus, Micrachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64(3): 445–467. DOI: 10.12705/643.5 Full text (with link to PDF). Reference page. : 64: 460

Additional references

• WCVP . Tetrapogon roxburghiana in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31 . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Tetrapogon roxburghiana 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. Tetrapogon roxburghiana. 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. Tetrapogon roxburghiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Tetrapogon roxburghiana. Published online. Accessed: August 31 2022.

Vernacular names

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