Apluda

Apluda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia and to various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3]

Apluda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Apluda
L.
Species:
A. mutica
Binomial name
Apluda mutica
Synonyms[2]
  • Calamina P.Beauv.
  • Calamina mutica (L.) P.Beauv.
  • Apluda varia Hack.
  • Apluda aristata L.
  • Andropogon glaucus Retz.
  • Apluda glauca (Retz.) Schreb.
  • Apluda villosa Schreb.
  • Calamina gigantea P.Beauv.
  • Apluda geniculata Roxb.
  • Apluda gigantea (P.Beauv.) Spreng.
  • Tripsacum giganteum (P.Beauv.) Raspail
  • Calamina humilis J.Presl
  • Apluda humilis (J.Presl) Kunth
  • Andropogon involucratus J.Koenig ex Steud.
  • Apluda communis Arn. & Nees
  • Apluda kobila Buch.-Ham. ex Nees
  • Apluda microstachya Nees
  • Apluda rostrata Arn. & Nees
  • Xerochloa latifolia Hassk.
  • Apluda mucronata Steud.
  • Apluda ciliata Andersson
  • Apluda scabra Andersson
  • Apluda cumingii Buse
  • Apluda pedicellata Buse
  • Apluda inermis Regel

The only known species is Apluda mutica, native to Central Asia, China (incl. Taiwan + Tibet), Japan (incl Ryukyu Islands), Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Caroline Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Socotra, Oman.[2]

Formerly included[2]

see Andropogon, Ichnanthus, Ischaemum, Polytoca, Themeda, Zeugites

See also

References
  1. lectotype designated by Cope in Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 20 (1993)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.


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