Poaceae

Imperata Cirillo

First published in Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: XXVI (1792)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bahamas, Baleares, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Kriti, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Laos, Louisiana, Maluku, Manchuria, Mississippi, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oregon, Pakistan, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Xinjiang

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.226753. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 87 (1917).
  • Pl. Rar. Neap. 2: 26 (1792)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: 26 (1792).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Pl. Rar. Neap. 2: 26 (1792)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2204] Cameroon K000339603 Yes
May 1, 1998 Asongani, J.N. [1325] Cameroon K000339604 Yes
Jan 1, 1797 Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [2] India K000245566 Syntype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8851] India K001128354 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vanderyst, H. [7001] K000280806 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parker, R.N. [3458] South Africa K000280760 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège [4253] South Africa K000280759 Type Yes
Dinter [1767] Namibia K000280758 Unknown Type Material Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6015] Brazil K001106142 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8851] K001128356 Unknown Type Material Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6015] Brazil K001106141 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8851] K001128355 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0