Hemarthria

Hemarthria

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: Ratzeburgiinae
Genus: Hemarthria
Species: H. altissima – H. compressa – H. debilis – H. depressa – H. hamiltoniana – H. longiflora – H. natans – H. pratensis – H. protensa – H. sibirica – H. stolonifera – H. uncinata

Name

• Hemarthria R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 207 (1810)
• Type species: Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 207 (1810)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Lodicularia P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 108 (1812)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional:Tropical & Subtropical Old World Afghanistan, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Baleares, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Primorye, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Solomon Is., Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 207.

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. 2013. Hemarthria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Hemarthria. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Hemarthria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Hemarthria. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• العربية: ذريرة
• English: jointgrass
• suomi: Loippoheinät
• עברית: ישרוע
• 한국어: 쇠치기풀속
• മലയാളം: ഹെമർത്രിയ
• 中文: 牛鞭草属

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