Andropogon distachyos

Andropogon distachyos

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Andropogon
Species: Andropogon distachyos

Name

Andropogon distachyos L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1046 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Apluda distachya (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 133 (1812).
  • Pollinia distachya (L.) Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 12 (1815).
  • Holcus distachyos (L.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 657. (1817)
  • Sorghum distachyon (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 791 (1891).
  • Chrysopogon distachyos (L.) L.Rossi, Prír. Istraž. Kral. Jugoslavije 17: 21 (1930).
• Heterotypic
  • Holcus liburnicus Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 276 (1771).
  • Andropogon sanguinarius Schreb., Beschr. Gräs. 2: 48 (1772).
  • Andropogon distachyos var. dasystachys Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 462. (1889)
  • Andropogon distachyos subvar. alpinus Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 281 (1908 publ. 1907).
  • Andropogon distachyos subvar. luxurians Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 281 (1908 publ. 1907).
  • Andropogon distachyos var. hirtus Chiov., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 19: 416. (1912)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Rwanda. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Thailand (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1046. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Andropogon distachyos in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Andropogon distachyos. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 6 2021.
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2022. GrassWorld, Andropogon distachyos. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 21.

Vernacular names

català: Albellatge de dues espigues, albellatge distaquí
русский: Бородач двухколосый

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