Melinis repens

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Melinis repens
Melinis repens

Taxonavigation

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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 repens
Subspecies: M. r. subsp. grandiflora – M. r. subsp. nigricans – M. r. subsp. repens

Name

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Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka, Biblioth. Bot. 138: 55 (1988).

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Saccharum repens Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 322 (1797).
  • Homotypic
    • Erianthus repens (Willd.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 14 (1812).
    • Rhynchelythrum repens (Willd.) C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 110 (1934).
    • Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitchc., Misc. Publ. U.S.D.A. 243: 331 (1936).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe (introduced)
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Italy.
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Western Sahara.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands (introduced), Cape Verde, Madeira (introduced).
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Togo.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
    • Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • St.Helena (introduced).
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Aldabra, Chagos Archipelago, Mauritius (introduced), Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues (introduced), Seychelles.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
    • Regional: China
      • China Southeast (introduced).
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan (introduced).
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Laos, Myanmar, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Christmas Island.
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Continental: Australasia (introduced)
    • Regional: Australia
      • Norfolk Islands.
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • New Zealand North.
  • Continental: Pacific (introduced)
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tonga, Wallis-Futuna Islands.
    • Regional: South-Central Pacific
      • Cook Islands, Easter Islands, Line Islands, Marquesas, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands.
    • Regional: Northwestern Pacific
      • Marianas, Marshall Islands.
    • Regional: North-Central Pacific
      • Hawaii.
  • Continental: Northern America (introduced)
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico, Texas.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina.
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Continental: Southern America (introduced)
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Guyana, Venezuela.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

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

References

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Natalse rooipluim, Natalrooipluim, Rooihaargras, Meerjarige ferweelgras
English: Natal red top
chiShona: Bhurakwacha, Feda, Mbawa, Nyarumvundwe
lea faka-Tonga: salapona
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