Melinis repens subsp. repens

Melinis repens subsp. repens

Melinis repens subsp. 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: Melinis repens subsp. repens

Name

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka subsp. repens, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Rhynchelythrum dregeanum Nees in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 447 (1836).
    • Tricholaena dregeana (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 769 (1894).
  • Tricholaena rosea Nees, Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1835: [3] (1836).
    • Monachyron roseum (Nees) Parl., Fl. Ital. 1: 131 (1850).
    • Panicum roseum (Nees) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 92 (1854).
    • Panicum teneriffae var. roseum (Nees) F.M.Bailey, Queensl. Grasses: 22 (1888)
    • Melinis rosea (Nees) Hack., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 464 (1901).
    • Rhynchelythrum roseum (Nees) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Bews, World's Grasses: 223 (1929).
    • Rhynchelythrum repens var. roseum (Nees) Chiov., Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 275 (1939)
    • Tricholaena repens var. rosea (Nees) Alberts., Bull. Imp. Bur. Pastures Forage Crops 37: 10 (1947)
  • Tricholaena tonsa Nees, Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1835: 3 (1836).
    • Monachyron tonsum (Nees) Parl., Fl. Ital. 1: 131 (1850).
    • Panicum tonsum (Nees) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 92 (1854).
    • Rhynchelythrum tonsum (Nees) Lanza & Mattei, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 49 (1910).
  • Tricholaena fragilis A.Braun, Flora 24: 275 (1841).
  • Tricholaena sphacelata Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 559 (1849).
    • Saccharum sphacelatum (Benth.) Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 793 (1853).
    • Panicum sphacelatum (Benth.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 92 (1854).
    • Tricholaena rosea var. sphacelata (Benth.) A.Chev., Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 366 (1913).
  • Panicum braunii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 93 (1854).
  • Rhynchelythrum ruficomum Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 120 (1854).
    • Tricholaena ruficoma (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hack., Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 142 (1888).
    • Melinis ruficoma (Hochst. ex Steud.) Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 5: 62 (1906).
  • Tricholaena tonsa var. submutica Schweinf., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 96 (1894)
  • Tricholaena violacea Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1195 (1895).
  • Tricholaena atropurpurea Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1195 (1895).
  • Panicum roseum f. hirtum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 363 (1898).
  • Tricholaena grandiflora var. collina Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 195 (1899).
  • Rhynchelythrum dregeanum var. annuum Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 309 (1908).
  • Rhynchelythrum dregeanum var. intermedium Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 310 (1908).
  • Tricholaena rosea var. ruderalis Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 107 (1920).
  • Melinis argentea Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 197 (1921).
  • Melinis brachyrhynchus Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 199 (1921).
  • Melinis congesta Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 197 (1921).
  • Melinis nitens Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 198 (1921).
  • Melinis paupera Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 199 (1921).
  • Melinis stolzii Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 199 (1921).
    • Rhynchelythrum stolzii (Mez) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 885 (1930).
  • Melinis ugandensis Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 200 (1921).
  • Rhynchelythrum gossweileri Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 891 (1930).

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

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa 80(3): 451–898. Balkema, Rotterdam. ISBN 90-6191-303-9 Reference page.  JSTOR
• 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 subsp. 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 subsp. 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 subsp. repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2022.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Natalse rooipluim
English: Natal red top
chiShona: Bhurakwacha
lea faka-Tonga: salapona