Poaceae
Chrysopogon

Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty

First published in Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 22: 106 (1960)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. India to Indo-China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Belize, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
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  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hall, D.W. (2019). Grasses of Florida: 1-353. University press of Florida.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & Fonseca, R.M. (2017). Flora de Guerrero 75: 1-153. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hall, D.W. (2019). Grasses of Florida: 1-353. University press of Florida.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
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  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 11, 2014 Philippines K001050464 No
Oct 1, 1956 s.coll. [8759] Vetiveria zizanioides K001050442 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1929 Koenig, J.G. [s.n.] India Vetiveria zizanioides K001050443 Type Yes
Feb 28, 1929 Wight, R. [8759] India Vetiveria zizanioides K001050439 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smitinand, T. [5044] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000688642 Yes
Merill, E.D. [355] Philippines Vetiveria zizanioides K001050464 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13496] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620479 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13496] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620478 Yes
Put [4104] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620481 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9161] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620468 Yes
Marcan, A. [2280] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620469 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2007] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620459 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2007] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620460 Yes
Wight, R. [1677] Vetiveria zizanioides K001050440 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19580] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620467 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19580] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620471 Yes
Glaziou, A. [14390] Brazil Vetiveria zizanioides K001106139 Yes
Glaziou, A. [6953] Brazil Vetiveria zizanioides K001106138 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [5768] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000688636 Yes
Smitinand, T. [5932] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000688641 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7452] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000688637 Yes
Glaziou, A. [6953] Brazil Vetiveria zizanioides K001106136 Yes
Smitinand, T. [6078] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000688639 Yes
Smitinand, T. [6078] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000688640 Yes
Larsen, K.; Smitinand, T.; Warncke, E. [1113] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000688638 Yes
Santos, T.S. [3616] Brazil Vetiveria zizanioides K000004741 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9336] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620473 Yes
Archer, W.A. [8445] Brazil Vetiveria zizanioides K001106137 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [17571] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620474 Yes
Lakshmahara, C. [245] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620463 Yes
Lakshmahara, C. [245] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620465 Yes
Lakshmahara, C. [245] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620466 Yes
Lakshmahara, C. [245] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620464 Yes
Lakshmahara, C. [245] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620470 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8021] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620472 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19636] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620477 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19636] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620475 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [19636] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620476 Yes
Put [4103] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620480 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [7643] Kenya Vetiveria zizanioides K000823783 Yes
Put [2576] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620457 Yes
Put [2576] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620458 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8464] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620462 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8464] Thailand Vetiveria zizanioides K000620461 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131519 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] India Anatherum muricatum K001131514 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131516 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131510 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131517 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131526 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131528 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131523 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131513 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8759] Nepal Anatherum muricatum K001131520 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8759] Nepal Anatherum muricatum K001131521 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] India Anatherum muricatum K001131515 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131524 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131512 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131511 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131522 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131527 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8759] Anatherum muricatum K001131525 Unknown Type Material Yes

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