Melinis minutiflora

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Melinidinae
Genus: Melinis
Species: Melinis minutiflora

Name

Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 54, t. 11, fig. 4 (1812).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Panicum minutiflorum (P.Beauv.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 299 (1825).
- Panicum melinis Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 291 (1834), nom. superfl..
Heterotypic
- Suardia picta Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 58 (1819).
- Tristegis glutinosa Nees, Horae Phys. Berol.: 47, 54 (1820).
  - Agrostis glutinosa Nees, Horae Phys. Berol.: 47, 54 (1820), pro syn.
  - Melinis minutiflora var. glutinosa (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898).
- Agrostis glutinosa Fisch. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 138 (1833).
- Agrostis polypogon Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 178 (1854).
- Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 177 (1854).
- Panicum melinis var. inerme Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 242 (1877).
  - Melinis minutiflora var. inermis (Döll) Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 200 (1899)
  - Melinis minutiflora f. inermis (Döll) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 932 (1930)
- Melinis minutiflora var. mutica Hack., Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 89: 126 (1884)
- Melinis minutiflora var. inodora Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898).
- Melinis minutiflora var. pilosa Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 447 (1899)
- Melinis minutiflora f. mutica Chiov., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 79 (1919), nom. illeg.
  - Melinis maitlandii f. mutica (Chiov.) Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 9: 197 (1932)
- Melinis tenuinervis Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 310 (1922).
- Melinis purpurea Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 444 (1926)
- Melinis maitlandii Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 445 (1926).
- Melinis purpurea Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 444 (1926).
- Melinis tenuinervis f. mutica Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 157 (1930), nom. nud.
- Melinis tenuinervis var. parvispicula Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 157 (1930), nom. nud.
- Melinis minutiflora var. setigera Clayton, Kew Bull. 21: 113 (1967)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Egypt (introduced).
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira (introduced).
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - Ascension (introduced).
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Madagascar, Réunion (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced)
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Tonga.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Easter Islands, Marquesas, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands, Marianas.
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, 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

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page.

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. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-syn.html
Wipff, J.K. 2002. Melinis. Pp. 490 in Barkworth, M.E., Capels, K.M., Long, S., Anderton, L.K. & Piep, M.B. (eds.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 25: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae (part 2). xxv, 783 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, ISBN 0-19-516748-1. FNA Website – Melinis Reference page. ===Links===
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Melinis minutiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Melinis minutiflora. 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 October 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Melinis minutiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Melinis minutiflora. Published online. Accessed: October 26 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melinis minutiflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian stinkgrass
lea faka-Tonga: puakatau

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