Anatherum leucostachyum

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: Anatherum
Species: Anatherum leucostachyum

Name

Anatherum leucostachyum (Kunth) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg, Syst. Biodivers. 21(1)-2274386: 13 (2023).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Andropogon leucostachyus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 187 (1816).
Homotypic
- Andropogon leucostachyus subvar. typicus Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(4): 286 (1883), nom. inval.
- Andropogon virginicus subsp. leucostachyus (Kunth) Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 286 (1883).
- Sorghum leucostachyum (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891).
- Anatherum virginicum subvar. leucostachyum (Kunth) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 213 (1960).
Heterotypic
- Andropogon lanuginosus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 187 (1816).
- Anatherum domingense Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 809 (1817).
  - Andropogon domingensis (Roem. & Schult.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 45 (1821).
- Andropogon virginicus Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 268 (1832), nom. illeg.
- Anatherum brasiliense Spreng. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 84 (1840), pro syn.
- Andropogon pennatus Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 92 (1840), pro syn.
- Saccharum fasciculatum Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 490 (1841), pro syn.
- Andropogon dianae Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 371 (1854).
- Andropogon leucostachyus subvar. mas Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 420 (1889).
- Andropogon leucostachyus subvar. subvillosus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 420 (1889).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vorontsova, M.S., Petersen, K.B., Minx, P., Aubuchon-Elder, T.M., Romay, M. C., Buckler, E.S., & Kellogg, E.A. 2023. Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity 21(1)-2274386: 1–16. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2274386 Reference page.
Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1816 ["1815"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 1 (quarto ed.). LVIII+377 pp., tt. 1–96. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page.

Links

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.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Anatherum leucostachyum 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.
Tropicos.org 2022. Anatherum leucostachyum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 September 2022. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Anatherum leucostachyum. Published online. Accessed: September 21 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: matojillo bluestem