Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum (Hochst. ex Steud.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 15 (1917)

Homotypic
- Panicum oxyphyllum Hochst. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 65 (1853)
Heterotypic
- Agrostis minima Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 50 (1790), nom. illeg.
- Cyrtococcum pilipes (Nees & Arn. ex Buse) A.Camus in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 118 (1921)
- Panicum hermaphroditum Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 67 (1853)
- Panicum pilipes Nees & Arn. ex Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 36 (1854)
- Panicum pulipes Müll.Berol. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 953 (1864), orth. var.
- Vilfa minima Trin. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 162 (1854)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regionalː Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Pacific
  - Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya
- Introduced into:
  - Madagascar, Seychelles

Stapf, O. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), 1917. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 15

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