Aeluropus lagopoides

Aeluropus lagopoides

Aeluropus lagopoides

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: Aeluropodinae
Genus: Aeluropus
Species: Aeluropus lagopoides

Name

Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Thwaites, 1864

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dactylis lagopoides L., Mant. Pl. 1: 33 (1767).
• Homotypic
  • Aira lagopoides (L.) Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 74 (1777).
  • Dactylis brevifolia J.Koenig ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 1: 410 (1797), nom. superfl.
  • Sesleria brevifolia Panz., Ideen Rev. Gräser: 19 (1813), nom. superfl.
  • Koeleria brevifolia Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 21 (1815), nom. superfl.
  • Sesleria lagopoides (L.) Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 22 (1815).
  • Aeluropus laevis Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 143 (1820), nom. superfl.
  • Koeleria lagopoides (L.) Panz. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 332 (1824).
  • Poa brevifolia Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 111 (1829), nom. superfl.
  • Poa lagopoides (L.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 111 (1829).
  • Aeluropus pubescens Trin. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 30 (1840), nom. superfl.
  • Eragrostis brevifolia Benth., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: t (1368) (1881), nom. superfl.
  • Coelachyrum indicum Hack. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(2): 61 (1887), nom. superfl.
  • Aeluropus brevifolius Nees ex Asch. & Schweinf., Mém. Inst. Égypt. 2: 173 (1889), nom. superfl.
  • Aeluropus villosus Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 334 (1896), nom. superfl.
  • Eleusine brevifolia R.Br. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 294 (1896), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Poa maritima Cav., Icon. 2: t. 126 (1792), nom. illeg.
  • Milium maritimum Pall., Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur.: 45 (1795), nom. nud.
  • Dactylis repens Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 79 (1798).
  • Poa pungens Georgi, Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich 4: 693 (1800), nom. illeg.
  • Poa ramosa Savi, Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. 9: t. 10 (1802).
  • Poa tunetana Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 20 (1815), nom. superfl.
  • Dactylis cynosuroides Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 632 (1817), nom. illeg.
  • Poa repens (Desf.) M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 69 (1819).
  • Calotheca niliaca Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 348 (1824).
  • Calotheca repens (Desf.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 347 (1824).
  • Dactylis repens Sieber ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 348 (1825), pro syn.
  • Melica reptans Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 443 (1825), nom. superfl.
  • Aeluropus villosus Trin. in C.A.Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer.: 18 (1831).
  • Poa massauensis Fresen., Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 143 (1837).
  • Aeluropus niliacus (Spreng.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 30 (1840).
  • Calotheca massauensis (Fresen.) Hochst. & Steud. in E.G.von Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 261 (1840).
  • Dactylis heterophylla Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 478 (1840), pro syn.
  • Festuca prostrata J.F.Gmel. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 632 (1840), pro syn.
  • Aeluropus repens (Desf.) Parl., Fl. Ital. 1: 462 (1850).
  • Aeluropus bombycinus Fig. & De Not., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 12: 258 (1852).
  • Aeluropus concinnus Fig. & De Not., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 12: 257 (1852).
  • Aeluropus sinaicus Fig. & De Not., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 12: 257 (1852).
  • Dactylis bombycina (Fig. & De Not.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 428 (1854).
  • Dactylis massauensis (Fresen.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 298 (1854).
  • Aeluropus littoralis var. repens (Desf.) Coss. & Durieu in M.C.Durieu de Maisonneuve, Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 155 (1855).
  • Dactylis lagopodioides Dalzell & A.Gibson, Bombay Fl.: 298 (1861), orth. var.
  • Aeluropus niloticus Edgew., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 196 (1862), nom. nud.
  • Aeluropus lagopodioides Trin. ex Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 374 (1864), orth. var.
  • Aeluropus mucronatus var. erythraeus A.Terracc., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 96 (1894).
  • Aeluropus littoralis subsp. repens (Desf.) Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 204 (1895).
  • Aeluropus brevifolius var. longifolius Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 70 (1903 publ. 1902).
  • Aeluropus brevifolius var. pygmaeus Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 70 (1903 publ. 1902).
  • Aeluropus lagopoides var. hispidulus Halácsy, Consp. Fl. Graec. 3: 384 (1904).
  • Aeluropus erythraeus Mattei, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 63 (1910).
  • Aeluropus erythraeus var. scandens Mattei, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 63 (1910).
  • Aeluropus massauensis (Fresen.) Mattei, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 64 (1910).
  • Aeluropus mesopotamicus Nábelek, Spisy Prír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 111: 18 (1929).
  • Aeluropus longispicatus Parsa, Fl. Iran 5: 700 (1951).
  • Distichlis sudanensis Beetle, Revista Argent. Agron. 22: 89 (1955).
  • Aeluropus lagopoides var. mesopotamicus (Nábelek) Bor in K.H.Rechinger, Fl. Lowland Iraq: 53 (1964).
  • Aeluropus littoralis var. mesopotamicus (Nábelek) Bor in K.H.Rechinger, Fl. Lowland Iraq: 53 (1964).
  • Aeluropus lagopoides subsp. repens (Desf.) Tzvelev, Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 17: 46 (1967).
  • Aeluropus lagopoides var. glabrifolius Czopanov, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 74 (1974).
  • Aeluropus lagopoides var. repens (Desf.) Khodash., Iran. J. Bot. 15: 61 (2009), with incorrect basionym.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Djibouti., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nicobar Is. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Is, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Sicilia, Kriti References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thwaites, G.H.K. 1858–1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae: an enumeration of Ceylon plants, with descriptions of the new and little-known genera and species, observations on their habitats, uses, native names, etc. VIII+483 pp. Dulau & Co., London. BHL Reference page. : 374.

Additional references

• Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Aeluropus lagopoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Aeluropus lagopoides. 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 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Aeluropus lagopoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Aeluropus lagopoides. Published online. Accessed: August 09 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aeluropus lagopoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

العربية: عكرش قصير
English: Mamoncillo
español: mamoncillo ا
فارسی: چمن شور پاگربه‌ای
हिन्दी: নোনা দূর্বা
հայերեն: Որդանխոտ սողացող

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