Alloteropsis

Taxonavigation

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

Alloteropsis J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 343 (1830)
Type species: Alloteropsis semialata subsp. semialata as syn. Alloteropsis distachya J. Presl

Heterotypic
- Coridochloa Nees, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 15: 381 (1833).
- Bluffia Nees, Index Seminum (HBG) 1834: 8 (1834).
- Holosetum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 118 (1854).
- Pterochlaena Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 47 (1914).
- Mezochloa Butzin, Willdenowia 4: 209 (1966).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regionalː Tropical & Subtropical Old World
  - Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Florida, Maryland, Mauritius, Mississippi, Réunion

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Alloteropsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Alloteropsis. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
Tropicos.org 2013. Alloteropsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Alloteropsis. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Alloteropsis.