Rottboellia cochinchinensis

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: Rottboelliinae
Genus: Rottboellia
Species: Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Name

Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton, 1981

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Stegosia cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 51 (1790).
  • Heterotypic
    • Rottboellia exaltata L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 114 (1782), nom. illeg.
    • Rottboellia setosa J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 329 (1830).
    • Aegilops fluviatilis Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 47 (1837).
    • Rottboellia arundinacea Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 444 (1850).
    • Ophiuros appendiculatus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 359 (1854).
    • Rottboellia denudata Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 362 (1854).
    • Rottboellia exaltata f. arundinacea (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Hack., Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 215 (1887).
    • Rottboellia exaltata var. appendiculata (Steud.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 294 (1889).
    • Manisuris exaltata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 779 (1891).
    • Rottboellia exaltata var. robusta Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 156 (1896).
    • Rottboellia hispida Roxb. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 156 (1896), pro syn.
    • Rottboellia exaltata f. glaberrima Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 276 (1908 publ. 1907).
    • Stegosia exaltata (Kuntze) Nash in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 17: 84 (1909).
    • Manisuris exaltata var. appendiculata (Steud.) Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 272 (1925), nom. superfl.
    • Stegosia cochinchinensis var. robusta (Hook.f.) M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav, Fl. Maharashtra 6B: 295 (2014).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to N. & NE. Australia
      • Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • Alabama, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Clayton, W.D., 1981, 1981. Kew Bulletin. Kew, England 35:817.

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.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Tarentaalgras
English: itchgrass
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