Melinis repens

Melinis repens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Melinidinae
Genus: Melinis
Species: Melinis repens
Subspecies: M. r. subsp. grandiflora – M. r. subsp. maroccana – M. r. subsp. nigricans – M. r. subsp. repens

Name

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka, Biblioth. Bot. 138: 55. 1988.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Saccharum repens Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 322. 1797.

Homotypic
- Erianthus repens (Willd.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 14. 1812.
- Rhynchelythrum repens (Willd.) C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 110. 1934.
- Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitchc., Misc. Publ. U.S.D.A. 243: 331. 1936.

References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melinis repens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Melinis repens in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec 7.

Vernacular names

English: Red Natal grass
lea faka-Tonga: salapona

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