Andropogon gayanus

Andropogon gayanus

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Andropogon
Species: Andropogon gayanus
Varieties: A. g. var. bisquamulatus – A. g. var. gayanus – A. g. var. polycladus – A. g. var. tridentatus

Name

Andropogon gayanus Kunth, 1829

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Sorghum gayanum (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 791 (1891).
  • Cymbachne guineensis subvar. gayana (Kunth) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 243 (1960).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Andaman Is., Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Laos, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, K.S. 1829–1834. Révision des Graminées, publiées dans les Nova genera et species plantarum de Humboldt et Bonpland. Paris: Gide. DOI: 10.3931/e-rara-30192 Reference page. : 163

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. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

• አማርኛ: ጋጃ
• bamanankan: Waga
• suomi: Savannivarrasheinä
• Hausa: Gamba
• 日本語: ガンバグラス
• 中文: 非洲须芒草

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