Melinis repens

Melinis repens

Melinis repens

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

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Zizka, G. 1988. Revision der Melinideae Hitchcock (Poaceae, Panicoideae). Bibliotheca Botanica 138: IV+149 pp., ISBN 3-510-48009-0 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 repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Melinis repens. 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 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Melinis repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Melinis repens. Published online. Accessed: October 27 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melinis repens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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

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