Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora

Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora

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

Name

Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora (Hochst.) Zizka, 1988

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Melinis grandiflora (Hochst.) Hack. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 464 (1901)
  • Rhynchelythrum grandiflorum Hochst. in Flora 27: 249 (1844)
  • Tricholaena uniglumis T.Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 770 (1894)
• Homotypic
  • Ehrharta uniglumis Fenzl ex T.Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 770 (1894), pro syn.
  • Melinis affinis Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 196 (1921)
  • Melinis barbeyana Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 196 (1921)
  • Melinis bertlingii Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 195 (1921)
  • Melinis brevipila (Hack.) Hack. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 464 (1901)
  • Melinis ejubata Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 196 (1921)
  • Melinis microstachya (Balf.f.) Hack. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 464 (1901)
  • Melinis mutica Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 197 (1921)
  • Melinis otaviensis Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 195 (1921)
  • Melinis pulchra Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 196 (1921)
  • Melinis rangei Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 195 (1921)
  • Melinis seineri Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 195 (1921)
  • Melinis villosa (Parl.) Hack. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 464 (1901)
  • Melinis wightii Hack. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 464 (1901), nom. superfl.
  • Monachyron grandiflorum (Hochst.) Martelli in Fl. Bogos.: 94 (1886)
  • Monachyron villosum Parl. ex Hook. in Niger Fl.: 191 (1849)
  • Panicum insigne Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 258 (1841)
  • Panicum megalanthum Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 93 (1854)
  • Panicum setinsigne Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 133 (1904)
  • Rhynchelythrum brevipilum (Hack.) Chiov. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 310 (1908 publ. 1907)
  • Rhynchelythrum costatum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 874 (1930)
  • Rhynchelythrum microstachyum Balf.f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 97 (1883)
  • Rhynchelythrum microstachyum var. albicomum Balf.f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 411 (1884)
  • Rhynchelythrum suberostratum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 879 (1930)
  • Rhynchelythrum villosum (Parl.) Chiov. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 310 (1908 publ. 1907)
  • Rhynchelythrum wightii Duthie in Fodder Grasses N. India: 21 (1888), nom. superfl.
  • Saccharum grandiflorum (Hochst.) Walp. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 792 (1853)
  • Tricholaena brevipila Hack. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 143 (1888)
  • Tricholaena grandiflora Hochst. in Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 19 (1841)
  • Tricholaena grandiflora var. glabrescens Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 196 (1899)
  • Tricholaena microstachya (Balf.f.) T.Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 770 (1894)
  • Tricholaena microstachya var. albicoma (Balf.f.) T.Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 770 (1894)
  • Tricholaena monachyron Oliv. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2374 (1895), nom. superfl.
  • Tricholaena rosea var. setosa Andersson in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 561 (1864)
  • Tricholaena tuberculosa Hack. ex Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 7: 65 (1896), nom. nud.
  • Tricholaena villosa (Parl.) T.Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 770 (1894)
  • Tricholaena wightii Nees & Arn. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 93 (1854)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Botswana, Cape Verde, Free State, Ghana Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Cape Provinces, Namibia, Northern Provinces Regional: Central Africa Chad, Niger, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen 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. : 60

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 subsp. grandiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora. 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 December 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora. Published online. Accessed: December 09 2022.

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