Poaceae

Rottboellia L.f.

First published in Suppl. Pl.: 13 (1782), nom cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical to Central U.S.A.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kansas, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oman, Panamá, Paraguay, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., Peru, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 72 (1917), nom. cons.
  • Nov. Gram. Gen. 23 (1779)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Nov. Gram. Gen.: 23 (1779)
  • Suppl. Pl.: 114 (1781). nom. conserv., non Scop. (1777).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Taxon 29: 692 (1980)
  • Nov. Gram. Gen.: 23 (1779), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8877] Burma K001131730 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8876] Singapore K001131724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8877] Burma K001131725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Akkul, M. [Cat. no. 8877] Burma K001131728 Unknown Type Material Yes
Akkul, M. [Cat. no. 8877] Burma K001131727 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8876] Singapore K001131726 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8877] Burma K001131729 Unknown Type Material Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [9184] Brazil Coelorachis K001106283 Yes
Brown, R. [6156] Australia Coelorachis K001057341 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jenman, G.S. [4530] Guyana Coelorachis K000632852 Type Yes
Jenman, G.S. [4530] Guyana Coelorachis K000632853 Type Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [6393] Philippines Coelorachis K000290009 Isosyntype Yes
Merrill, E.D. [4667] Philippines Coelorachis K000290008 Isosyntype Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia Coelorachis K001057342 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0