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Apluda
''Apluda'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia and to various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The only known species is ''Apluda mutica'', native to Central Asia, China (incl. Taiwan + Tibet), Japan (incl Ryukyu Islands), Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Caroline Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Socotra, Oman. ;Formerly included see '' Andropogon, Ichnanthus, Ischaemum, Polytoca, Themeda, Zeugites'' See also * List of Poaceae genera The true grasses (Poaceae) are one of the largest plant families, with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos, and several imp ... References External links Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora* * Panicoideae Bunchgrasses of Asia Bunchgrasses of Oceania Poaceae genera Monotypic Poaceae genera Taxa named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andropogon
''Andropogon'' (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands. Over 100 species have been described. Species Many species once included in ''Andropogon'' are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including '' Agenium'', '' Anadelphia'', ''Apluda'', '' Arthraxon'', ''Bothriochloa'', ''Capeochloa'', ''Capillipedium'', ''Chrysopogon'', ''Cymbopogon'', '' Dichanthium'', ''Diheteropogon'', '' Elionurus'', '' Elymandra'', ''Eragrostis'', '' Eulalia'', '' Garnotia'', ''Gymnopogon'', ''Hemarthria'', '' Heteropogon'', ''Hyparrhenia'', '' Hyperthelia'', '' Ischaemum'', ''Parahyparrhenia'', ''Pentameris'', '' Polytrias'', '' Pseudopogonatherum'', ''Pseudosorghum'', ''Saccharum'', ''Schizachyrium'', ''Sorghastrum'', ''Sorghum'', ''Spodiopogon'', ''Themeda'', and ''Trachy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonia
) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , established_title = Annexed by France , established_date = 24 September 1853 , established_title2 = Overseas territory , established_date2 = 1946 , established_title3 = Nouméa Accord , established_date3 = 5 May 1998 , official_languages = French , regional_languages = , capital = Nouméa , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym = New Caledonian , government_type = Devolved parliamentary dependency , leader_title1 = President of France , leader_name1 = Emmanuel Macron , leader_title2 = President of the Government , leader_name2 = Louis Mapou , leader_title3 = President of the Congress , leader_name3 = Roch Wamytan , leader_title4 = High Commissioner , leader_name4 = Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytoca Digitata
''Polytoca'' is a genus of Asian and Papuasian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Polytoca digitata'' (L.f.) Druce - southern China, eastern Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Philippines, Java, New Guinea * '' Polytoca wallichiana'' (Nees ex Steud.) Benth. - eastern Himalayas, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam ; formerly included see ''Chionachne ''Chionachne'' is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family. Species * '' Chionachne biaurita'' Hack. - Luzon * '' Chionachne cyathopoda'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - New Guinea, northern Australia * ''Chionach ... Cleistochloa Trilobachne'' References Poaceae genera Panicoideae {{Panicoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeugites
''Zeugites'' is a genus of North American plants in the grass family. Its species are native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and/or South America. Species Species of ''Zeugites'' include: * '' Zeugites americanus'' Willd. - from Mexico to Bolivia, and Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, a ... in Caribbean * '' Zeugites capillaris'' (Hitchc.) Swallen - Jalisco, Colima, México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz (México). * '' Zeugites hackelii'' Swallen - Michoacán, Sinaloa, Jalisco, México State (México). * '' Zeugites hintonii'' Hartley - México State * '' Zeugites latifolius'' (E.Fourn.) Hemsl. - Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas (México), and Honduras * '' Zeugites munroanus'' Hemsl. - Guatemala, El Salvador; and Chiapas, Verac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Themeda
''Themeda'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 18Barkworth, M. E''Themeda''.Grass Manual. Flora of North America. to 26Potdar, G. G., et al. (2003)A new species of ''Themeda'' Forssk. (Poaceae) from India.''Kew Bulletin'' 58(1) 243-46. species, many of which are native to Southeast Asia. ; Species * '' Themeda anathera'' (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. - Afghanistan, Himalayas, Tibet * '' Themeda arguens'' (L.) Hack. - Christmas grass - Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, northern Australia * '' Themeda arundinacea'' (Roxb.) A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia * '' Themeda avenacea'' (F. Muell.) Maiden & Betche - oat kangaroo grass - Australia * '' Themeda caudata'' (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Himalayas, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines * '' Themeda cymbaria'' Hack. - Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Kerala * '' Themeda gigantea'' (Cav.) Hack. - Southeas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytoca
''Polytoca'' is a genus of Asian and Papuasian plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Polytoca digitata'' (L.f.) Druce - southern China, eastern Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Philippines, Java, New Guinea * '' Polytoca wallichiana'' (Nees ex Steud.) Benth. - eastern Himalayas, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam ; formerly included see ''Chionachne ''Chionachne'' is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family. Species * '' Chionachne biaurita'' Hack. - Luzon * '' Chionachne cyathopoda'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - New Guinea, northern Australia * ''Chionach ... Cleistochloa Trilobachne'' References Poaceae genera Panicoideae {{Panicoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ischaemum
''Ischaemum'' is a taxonomically one of the most formidable genera in a huge tribe Andropogoneae belonging to the grass family, widespread in tropical and semitropical regions in many countries. Many species are known commonly as murainagrass. In 2022Shahid Nawaz(an agrostologist, The Blatter Herbarium (BLAT)) described an extremely unusual species in the genus characterised by its dioecious breeding system, it was named as '' Ischaemum dioecum'Landge& R.D. Shinde. This species is strictly narrow endemic to a couple of locations in Western Ghats of Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. The male and female plants are sexually separate individuals and occupy the similar ecological niches. This is the only dioecious species in the entire tribe Andropogoneae in the world. Species Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford Formerly included numerous species now regarded as better suited to other genera: ''Andropogon, Andropterum, Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichnanthus
''Ichnanthus'', commonly called bedgrass, is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family, widespread in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. das G. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. 1: 1–292. In M. G. L. Wanderly, G. J. Shepherd & A. M. Giulietti (eds.) Fl. Fanerog. Estado São Paulo. Editora Hucitec, São Paulo ; Species ; formerly included see '' Chevalierella Echinolaena Homolepis Ottochloa Panicum ''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growi ... Parodiophyllochloa Yakirra'' References Panicoideae Grasses of Africa Grasses of Asia Grasses of Europe Grasses of North America Grasses of Oceania Grasses of South America Poaceae genera Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois {{Panicoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Oman shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, while sharing maritime borders with Iran and Pakistan. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the United Arab Emirates on their land borders, with the Strait of Hormuz (which it shares with Iran) and the Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries. Muscat is the nation's capital and largest city. From the 17th century, the Omani Sultanate was an empire, vying with the Portuguese and British empires for influence in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. At its peak in the 19th century, Omani influence and control extended across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socotra
Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''de facto'' control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’s ongoing civil war. Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the four islands in the Socotra archipelago. Since 2013, the archipelago has constituted the Socotra Governorate. The island of Socotra represents around 95% of the landmass of the Socotra archipelago. It lies south of the Arabian Peninsula, but is considered to be part of Africa. The island is isolated and home to a high number of endemic species. Up to a third of its plant life is endemic. It has been described as "the most alien-looking place on Earth." The island measures in length and in width. In 2008 Socotra was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2018, the United Arab Emirates in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island of Madagascar and southwest of the island of Mauritius. , it had a population of 868,846. Like the other four overseas departments, Réunion also holds the status of a region of France, and is an integral part of the French Republic. Réunion is an outermost region of the European Union and is part of the eurozone. Réunion and the fellow French overseas department of Mayotte are the only eurozone regions located in the Southern Hemisphere. As in the rest of France, the official language of Réunion is French. In addition, a majority of the region's population speaks Réunion Creole. Toponymy When France took possession of the island in the seventeenth century, it was named Bourbon, after the dynasty that then ruled France. To brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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