Cymbopogon giganteus

Cymbopogon giganteus

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: Anthistiriinae
Genus: Cymbopogon
Species: Cymbopogon giganteus

Name

Cymbopogon giganteus Chiov., Alc. Gram. Essenz.: 12 (1909).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Andropogon giganteus Hochst., Flora 27: 242 (1844), nom. illeg.
• Homotypic
  • Cymbopogon caesius subsp. giganteus (Chiov.) Sales, Fl. Zambes. 10(4): 77 (2002).
• Heterotypic
  • Cymbopogon connatus var. benearmatus Chiov., Gram. Essenze: 14 (1909).
  • Cymbopogon giganteus var. inermis Clayton, Kew Bull. 19: 454 (1965).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Benin, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Tropical Africa Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Chiovenda, E., 1909. Alc. Gram. Essenz.: 12.

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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cymbopogon giganteus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cymbopogon giganteus. 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 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cymbopogon giganteus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cymbopogon giganteus. Published online. Accessed: September 25 2022.

Vernacular names

English: kachi grass

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