Urelytrum agropyroides

Urelytrum agropyroides

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Rhytachninae
Genus: Urelytrum
Species: Urelytrum agropyroides

Name

Urelytrum agropyroides (Hack.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 272 (1889)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Elionurus agropyroides (Hack.) Roberty in Fl. Ouest-Afr.: 409 (1954)
    • Rottboellia agropyroides Hack. in Bol. Soc. Brot. 3: 135 (1885)
  • Heterotypic
    • Rottboellia hordeoides Munro in W.H.Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 442 (1868), nom. nud.
    • Urelytrum gracilius C.E.Hubb. in Kew Bull. 4: 369 (1949)
    • Urelytrum humbertianum A.Camus in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 95: 301 (1949)
    • Urelytrum madagascariense A.Camus in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 1090 (1924 publ. 1925)
    • Urelytrum monostachyum Peter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1, Anh.): 12 (1929)
    • Urelytrum pallidum C.E.Hubb. in Kew Bull. 4: 376 (1949)
    • Urelytrum semispirale Clayton in Kew Bull. 20: 257 (1966)
    • Urelytrum setaceosubulatum J.Duvign. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 90: 221 (1958)
    • Urelytrum squarrosum Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 272 (1889)
    • Urelytrum squarrosum var. robustum Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 331 (1898)
    • Urelytrum vanderystii Robyns in Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 51 (1929)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional:Western Africa
      • Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria
    • Regional: Central Africa
      • Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Regional:Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces
    • Regional:Western Africa
      • Madagascar
    • Regional:Western Indian Ocean
      • Mozambique, Tanzania

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

References

Primary references

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. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
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