Triraphis (Poaceae)

Triraphis mollis (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Triraphideae
Genus: Triraphis

Overview of species

T. andropogonoides – T. compacta – T. devia – T. mollis – T. pumilio – T. purpurea – T. ramosissima – T. schinzii

Name

Triraphis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 185. (1810), nom. et typ. cons.

• Type species: Triraphis mollis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 185. (1810) (Typus not designated as was Triraphis pungens R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 185 (1810), which is now renamed as Triodia bitextura Lazarides, Austral. Syst. Bot. 10: 412 (1997)).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Northern Africa Egypt, Morocco. West Tropical Africa Mauritania, Niger. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Tanzania. South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces, Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Australasia Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 185.

Additional references

• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Johnson, G. 2010. A classification of the Chloridoideae (Poaceae) based on multi-gene phylogenetic trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(2): 580–598. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.018 PDF Reference page. 
• Peterson, P.M., Wiersema, J.H., Soreng, R.J., Romaschenko, K. & Herrera Arrieta, Y. 2022. (2881) Proposal to conserve the name Triraphis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Triraphideae) with a conserved type. Taxon 71(2): 474-475. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12701

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Triraphis 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, Triraphis (Poaceae). Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Triraphis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Triraphis. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2013.
• GBIF.

Vernacular names

العربية: زعبل

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