Kuruna wightiana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Arundinarieae
Subtribus: Thamnocalaminae
Genus: Kuruna
Species: Kuruna wightiana

Name

Kuruna wightiana (Nees) Attigala, Kaththr. & L.G.Clark, Syst. Bot. 41: 191 (2016).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arundinaria wightiana Nees, Linnaea 9: 482 (1835).
• Homotypic
  • Indocalamus wightianus (Nees) Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 149 (1925).
  • Sinarundinaria wightiana (Nees) C.S.Chao & Renvoize, Kew Bull. 44: 356 (1989).
  • Yushania wightiana (Nees) R.B.Majumdar in S.Karthikeyan & al., Fl. Ind. Enum. - Monocot.: 283 (1989).
• Heterotypic
  • Arundinaria hispida Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 335 (1854).
  • Arundinaria moliniformis Hochst. ex Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 19 (1868).
  • Arundinaria moliniformis Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7: 5 (1896), pro syn.
  • Arundinaria wightiana var. hispida (Steud.) Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7: 5 (1896).
  • Indocalamus wightianus var. hispidus (Steud.) Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 149 (1925).
  • Yushania wightiana var. hispida (Steud.) R.B.Majumdar & Karthik. in S.Karthikeyan & al., Fl. Ind. Enum. - Monocot.: 283 (1989).
  • Kuruna wightiana var. hispida (Steud.) P.Kumari, Pl. Sci. (Osmanabad) 1: 109 (2019).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent S. India References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Attigala, Kathr. & L.G.Clark: 2016. Syst. Bot. 41: 191

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Kuruna wightiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Kuruna wightiana. 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 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Kuruna wightiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Kuruna wightiana. Published online. Accessed: August 21 2022.

Vernacular names

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