Apluda

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Apluda
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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]
  • CalaminaP.Beauv.
  • Calamina mutica(L.) P.Beauv.
  • Apluda variaHack.
  • Apluda aristataL.
  • Andropogon glaucusRetz.
  • Apluda glauca(Retz.) Schreb.
  • Apluda villosaSchreb.
  • Calamina giganteaP.Beauv.
  • Apluda geniculataRoxb.
  • Apluda gigantea(P.Beauv.) Spreng.
  • Tripsacum giganteum(P.Beauv.) Raspail
  • Calamina humilisJ.Presl
  • Apluda humilis(J.Presl) Kunth
  • Andropogon involucratusJ.Koenig ex Steud.
  • Apluda communisArn. & Nees
  • Apluda kobilaBuch.-Ham. ex Nees
  • Apluda microstachyaNees
  • Apluda rostrataArn. & Nees
  • Xerochloa latifoliaHassk.
  • Apluda mucronataSteud.
  • Apluda ciliataAndersson
  • Apluda scabraAndersson
  • Apluda cumingiiBuse
  • Apluda pedicellataBuse
  • Apluda inermisRegel

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

Contents

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

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References

  1. lectotype designated by Cope in Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 20 (1993)
  2. 1 2 3 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.