Diectomis

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: Diectomis
Species: D. fastigiata

Name

Diectomis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 193 (1816), nom. cons.

monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Cape Verde.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, DR Congo.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Yemen.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Philippines, Sulawesi.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Guyana, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.

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

References

Primary references

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.

Additional references

Vorontsova, M.S., Ratovonirina, G. & Randriamboavonjy, T. 2013. Revision of Andropogon and Diectomis (Poaceae: Sacchareae) in Madagascar and the new Andropogon itremoensis from the Itremo massif. Kew Bulletin 68(2): 193–207. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-013-9443-3 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Diectomis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Diectomis. 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 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Diectomis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 September 2022. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Diectomis. Published online. Accessed: September 22 2022. Reference page.