Ophiuros exaltatus

Ophiuros exaltatus

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: Ratzeburgiinae
Genus: Ophiuros
Species: Ophiuros exaltatus

Name

Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze, 1891

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aegilops exaltata L., Mant. Pl. 2: 575 (1771).
• Homotypic
  • Rottboellia exaltata (L.) Naezén, Nov. Gram. Gen.: 37 (1779).
  • Rottboellia corymbosa L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 114 (1782), nom. superfl.
  • Ophiuros corymbosus C.F.Gaertn., Suppl. Carp. 2: 4 (1805), nom. superfl.
  • Mnesithea exaltata (L.) Skeels, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 282: 20 (1913).
• Heterotypic
  • Rottboellia punctata Retz., Observ. Bot. 3: 11 (1783).
  • Rottboellia tongcalingii Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 7: 2680 (1915).
  • Ophiuros tongcalingii (Elmer) Henrard, Blumea 4: 520 (1941).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Western Australia Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Regional: Southeastern asia Andaman Is., Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Thailand Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Regional: Australasia Northern Territory, Queensland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. : 2:780.

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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ophiuros exaltatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 01. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ophiuros exaltatus. 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 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ophiuros exaltatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ophiuros exaltatus. Published online. Accessed: October 01 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ophiuros exaltatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

中文: 蛇尾草

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