Tragus

Tragus mongolorum as syn. Tragus roxburghii

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: Traginae
Genus: Tragus
Species: T. andicola – T. australianus – T. berteronianus – T. heptaneuron – T. koelerioides – T. mongolorum – T. racemosus

Name

• Tragus Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 2: 203 (1768), nom. cons.
• Type species: Tragus racemosus (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 2: 241 (1785)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lappago Schreb., Gen. Pl.: 55 (1789), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Nazia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 31, 581 (1763), nom. rej.
  • Echisachys Neck., Elem. Bot. 3: 228 (1790).
  • Echinanthus Cerv., Naturaleza (Madrid) 1870: 351 (1870).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Old World to SW. Pacific, NW. Argentina Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northwest, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Niger, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Aruba, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, St.Helena, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Ukraine, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Haller, A. von (1768) Historia Stirpium Indigenarum Helvetiae Inchoata 2: 203.

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. 2013. Tragus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Tragus. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Tragus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Tragus. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

català: Tragus
čeština: Bodloplev
English: Burr Grasses

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