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Taxon:  Chloris barbata Sw.



Summary
Genus:
Chloris
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Nomen number:
10240
Place of publication:
Fl. Ind. occid. 1:200. 1797
Comment:
  • based on Andropogon barbatus sensu L. (1771), non L. (1759) that was explicitly excluded by Swartz (by explicit inclusion in C. polydactyla Sw., Melbourne ICN Art. 48.1)
  • non Chloris barbata (L.) Nash (= C. elata Desv.)
Verified:
11/10/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon barbatus sensu L., 1771
Chloris inflata Link
Chloris paraguaiensis Steud.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  4. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  8. Fosberg, F. R. 1976. Status of the name Chloris barbata (L.) Swartz. Taxon 25:176-178. Note: lists as C. barbata sensu Sw. (non (L.) Sw.) = C. inflata Link
  9. Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986-
  10. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973- Note: accepts as C. barbata (L.) Sw. and lists C. barbatus sensu Sw. as synonym of C. inflata Link
  11. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  12. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989 Note: = C. inflata Link
  13. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  14. Kartesz, J. T. & K. N. Gandhi. 1992. Chloris barbata Sw. and C. elata Desvaux (Poaceae), the earlier names for C. inflata Link and C. dandyana Adams. Rhodora 94:135-140.
  15. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  16. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  17. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  18. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:307.
  19. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991 Note: lists as C. barbata auct. = C. inflata Link
  20. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  21. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
Common names
English
giant finger grass –
purpletop chloris –
swollen windmill grass –
German
bärtiges Gilbgras –
Swedish
paraplygräs –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
4Naturalized    widely natzd. in tropics & subtropics
6Other    origin obscure
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics & subtropics)
Other (origin obscure)
Economic Uses
Weed


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