Chloris pycnothrix

Chloris pycnothrix

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: Chloris
Species: Chloris pycnothrix

Name

Chloris pycnothrix Trin., 1824

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Chloris beyrichiana Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 (1829).
  • Chloris humilis Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 (1829).
  • Chloris obtusifolia Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 177 (1831), nom. illeg.
  • Chloris beyreichiana Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 353 (1840), pro syn.
  • Chloris intermedia A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 407 (1850).
  • Chloris leptostachya Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 407 (1850).
  • Chloris salzmannii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 206 (1854).
  • Chloris leptostachya var. intermedia (A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 861 (1894).
  • Chloris radiata var. beyrichiana (Kunth) Hack., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 13: 489 (1906).
  • Gymnopogon haumanii Parodi, Physis (Buenos Aires) 4: 183 (1918).
  • Gymnopogon radiatus var. beyrichianus (Kunth) Parodi, Physis (Buenos Aires) 4: 173 (1918).
  • Gymnopogon beyrichianus (Kunth) Parodi, Revista Centro Estud. Agron. Veterin. 121: 148 (1925).
  • Chloris anomala B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20: 219 (1982).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional:Tropical Africa Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti , Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Continental: Southern America Regional:Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional:Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional:Peninsular Arabia Socotra, Yemen Introduced into: Belgium, Canary Is., China South-Central, Egypt, Honduras, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Palestine, St.Helena, Sumatera, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Trinius, C.B. v. 1824. De Graminibus Unifloris et Sesquifloris Dissertatio Botanica: Generum ac Specierum. Lipsiae. 314 pp. Petropoli BHL Reference page. : 234.

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. 2022. Chloris pycnothrix in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Chloris pycnothrix. 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 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Chloris pycnothrix. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Chloris pycnothrix. Published online. Accessed: August 28 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chloris pycnothrix in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 August 28.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Spinnerak-chloris
English: Spiderweb chloris, Spiderweb grass
中文: 异序虎尾草

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