Hyparrhenia

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: Andropogoninae
Genus: Hyparrhenia
Species: H. anamesa – H. andongensis – H. anemopaegma – H. anthistirioides – H. arrhenobasis – H. bagirmica – H. barteri – H. bracteata – H. caboverdeana – H. claytonii – H. coleotricha – H. collina – H. confinis – H. coriacea – H. cyanescens – H. comosa – H. cymbaria – H. dichroa – H. diplandra – H. dregeana – H. dybowskii – H. exarmata – H. familiaris – H. figariana – H. filipendula – H. finitima – H. formosa – H. gazensis – H. glabriuscula – H. gossweileri – H. griffithii – H. hirta – H. involucrata – H. madaropoda – H. mobukensis – H. monanthera – H. multiplex – H. neglecta – H. newtonii – H. niariensis – H. nyassae – H. papillipes – H. pilgeriana – H. pilosa – H. poecilotricha – H. praetermissa – H. quarrei – H. rudis – H. rufa – H. schimidana – H. schimperi – H. subplumosa – H. tamba – H. tuberculata – H. umbrosa – H. variabilis – H. violascens – H. welwitschii – H. wombaliensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hyparrhenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep. 22. Reference page.

Name

Hyparrhenia Andersson ex E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 51, 67 (1886)
Type species: Hyparrhenia bracteata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 360 (1918)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Dybowskia Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 382 (1918)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
- - Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Assam, Baleares, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina Northeast, Ascension, Bangladesh, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, California, Cambodia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Haiti, Hawaii, Jawa, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Northern Territory, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Society Is., South Australia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Victoria, Western Australia, Windward Is.

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

References

Primary references

Andersson, N.J. (1886) Mexicanas Plantas 2: 51, 67.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hyparrhenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep. 22. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Hyparrhenia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
Tropicos.org 2013. Hyparrhenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Hyparrhenia. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Dekgras, Tamboekiegras
مصرى: حمرور
العربية: حمرور
čeština: vousatice
English: thatching grass
فارسی: نریشت
suomi: Partaheinät
മലയാളം: ഹൈപർഹീനിയ
中文: 苞茅属