Ischaemum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Ischaeminae
Genus: Ischaemum
Species: I. afrum – I. agastyamalayanum – I. albovillosum – I. amethystinum – I. anthephoroides – I. apricum – I. arenosum – I. aristatum – I. aureum – I. australe – I. barbatum – I. beccarii – I. bolei – I. bombaiense – I. borii – I. burmanicum – I. byrone – I. cannanorense – I. ciliare – I. commutatum – I. copeanum – I. dalzellii – I. decumbens – I. diplopogon – I. duthiei – I. eberhardtii – I. elimalayanum – I. fieldingianum – I. fischeri – I. flumineum – I. fluviatile – I. fragile – I. glabriglaucum – I. glaucescens – I. guianense – I. hansenii – I. heterotrichum – I. hubbardii – I. huegelii – I. impressum – I. jayachandranii – I. kingii – I. koenigii – I. koleostachys – I. kumarakodiense – I. lanatum – I. latifolium – I. lisboae – I. longisetum – I. magnum – I. malabaricum – I. merrillii – I. minus – I. molle – I. montanum – I. murinum – I. muticum – I. nairii – I. nativitatis – I. pappinisseriense – I. philippinense – I. polystachyum – I. pubescens – I. pushpangadanii – I. quilonense – I. rangacharianum – I. raui – I. ritchiei – I. roseotomentosum – I. rugosum – I. santapaui – I. sayajiraoi – I. semisagittatum – I. setaceum – I. thomasii – I. thomsonianum – I. timorense – I. travancorense – I. triticeum – I. tropicum – I. tumidum – I. veldkampii – I. vembanadense – I. yadavii – I. zeylanicola

Name

Ischaemum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1049 (1753)

Type species: Ischaemum muticum L., Sp. Pl.: 1049 (1753)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Schoenanthus Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 38, 602 (1763), nom. superfl.
- Colladoa Cav., Icon. 5: 37 (1799)
- Meoschium P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 111 (1812)
- Ischaemopogon Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 560 (1864)
- Arthrolophis Chiov., Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1917: 57 (1917)
- Digastrium (Hack.) A.Camus, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 372 (1921)
- Argopogon Mimeur, Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 31: 211 (1951)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
- - Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Aldabra, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pac, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Jamaica, Maryland, Rodrigues, Saudi Arabia

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1049. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Ischaemum 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, Ischaemum. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
Tropicos.org 2013. Ischaemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Ischaemum. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Vernacular names

مصرى: ه
العربية: رقوءة مصرى
English: murainagrass
한국어: 쇠보리속
മലയാളം: ഇസ്ചേമം
中文: 鸭嘴草属