Themeda arguens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Themeda arguens (L.) Hack., 1889

Basionym
- Stipa arguens L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 117 (1762).
Homotypic
- Anthistiria arguens (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 901 (1806).
- Anthistiria ciliata var. major Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 366 (1864).
Heterotypic
- Stipa arguens Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 20 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Anthistiria frondosa R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 200 (1810).
- Aristaria barbata Jungh., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 297 (1840).
- Anthistiria arguens Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 124 (1841), nom. illeg.
- Anthistiria ciliata var. glabrescens Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr. 3: 23 (1854).
- Anthistiria pilifera Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 400 (1854).
- Anthistiria junghuhniana var. altior Andersson, Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 2: 233 (1856).
- Anthistiria junghuhniana var. minor Andersson, Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 2: 233 (1856).
- Anthistiria ciliata var. junghuhniana Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 504 (1857).
- Themeda frondosa (R.Br.) Merr., Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 89 (1917).
- Themeda arguens var. cochinchinensis A.Camus, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 670 (1919).
- Themeda arguens var. balinensis Jansen, Acta Bot. Neerl. 1: 479 (1952).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Laos, Vietnam
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea
- Regional: Australia
  - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Introduced into:
  - Cuba, Fiji, Jamaica, Maryland, Puerto Rico, Virginia, Windward Is.

Hackel, E. in A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, 1889. Monogr. Phan. 6:657.

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Themeda arguens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Themeda arguens. 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 September 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Themeda arguens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 September 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Themeda arguens. Published online. Accessed: September 26 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Themeda arguens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 September 26.

English: Christmas grass

For more multimedia, look at Themeda arguens on Wikimedia Commons.