Tragus berteronianus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Tragus berteronianus Schult., 1824

Basionym
- Tragus racemosus var. berteronianus (Schult.) Hack., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 195 (1901).
Heterotypic
- Tragus occidentalis Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 286 (1829).
- Lappago racemosa var. erecta Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 2: 413 (1831), nom. nud.
- Tragus ciliatus Lepr. ex Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 2: 413 (1831), pro syn.
- Lappago phleoides Fig. & De Not., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 19: 373 (1853).
- Lappago berteroniana Schult. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 112 (1854), pro syn.
- Tragus racemosus var. brevispiculus Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 123 (1877).
- Tragus tcheliensis Debeaux, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 33: 71 (1879).
- Nazia occidentalis (Nees) Scribn., Zoe 4: 386 (1894).
- Lappago occidentalis (Nees) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 97 (1896).
- Tragus alienus var. brevispinus Henrard, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 40: 46 (1921).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Central Asia
  - Afghanistan, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen
- Regional: China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Burkina, Burundi, Chad, Free State,, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwandaa, Senegal, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Egypt
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Maine, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, New York, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, St.Helena, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Windward Is.

Schultes, J.A. 1824. Mantissa in Volumen Secundum. Systematis Vegetabilium Caroli a Linne ex Editione Joan. Jac. Roemer.... BHL Reference page. ; 2:205.

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Tragus berteronianus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 08. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Tragus berteronianus. 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 September 08. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Tragus berteronianus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 September 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Tragus berteronianus. Published online. Accessed: September 08 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tragus berteronianus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: spiked burr grass

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