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, 2^nd 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

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