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Taxon:
Cymbopogon citratus
(DC.) Stapf
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cymbopogon
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Nomen number:
12797
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906:357. 1906
Verified:
02/08/2006
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
Basionym
Andropogon citratus
DC.
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/results.cfm
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
Anjaria, J. V.
1989. Herbal Drugs: Potential for industry and cash. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry. 1989 90.
Bellenot, D.
2009. pers. comm.
Note:
re. French common names
Bor, N. L.
The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
Note:
lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1950. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976 2:412-414.
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds.
Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1994. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- 8:130.
Note:
lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Erhardt, W. et al.
Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
FNA Editorial Committee.
Flora of North America. 1993-
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cymbopogon+citratus&quantity=1
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Giraldo-Cañas, D.
2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds.
Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. 2003-
Note:
cultivated, as
Cymbopogon citratus
(DC.) Stapf
Hollyman, K. J. et al.
1993. Les noms français des plantes calédoniennes : étude lexicographique et lexicologique. 222 pp.
Note:
Didier, Paris
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
Lazarides, M.
The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
Note:
lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Note:
lists as C. citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Missouri Botanical Garden.
W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
Note:
lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds.
1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:95-98.
Note:
lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Randall, R. P.
The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007
http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Note:
lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Soukup, J.
1971. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. Lima. 106-107.
Note:
re. Spanish (Peru) common name
Ugarte, E. et al.
2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-380.
http://www.checklist.org.br/
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 167.
Note:
lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia.
2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Zuloaga, F. O. et al.
2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:167.
Common names
English
lemongrass –
Reference(s)
West Indian lemongrass –
Reference(s)
French
citronelle –
Reference(s)
citronnelle –
Reference(s)
herbe citron –
Reference(s)
lemongrass –
Reference(s)
verveine des Indes –
Reference(s)
German
Lemongras –
Reference(s)
westindisches Zitronengras –
Reference(s)
Zitronengras –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
erva-cidreira –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
cana-cidreira –
Reference(s)
cana-limão –
Reference(s)
capim-cidró –
Reference(s)
capim-santo –
Reference(s)
patchuli-falso –
Reference(s)
Spanish
pasto limón –
Reference(s)
zacate dete –
Reference(s)
zacate limón –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Costa Rica)
sontol –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Peru)
yerba luisa –
Reference(s)
Swedish
citrongräs –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guizhou
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hubei
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Zhejiang
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Cyprus
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
St. Croix
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
St. Thomas
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Belize
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Costa Rica
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Mesoamerica
El Salvador
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Guatemala
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Nicaragua
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Panama
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
6
Other
origin unknown
Cultivated
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Egypt
,
Morocco
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hainan]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
,
Puerto Rico
,
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
[St. Croix, St. Thomas]
MESOAMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Naturalized
Southern America
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Chile
Other
(origin unknown)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
essential oils (used as a masking fragrance fide Pl Res SEAs 19:98. 1999) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Weed
(fide Weed CRCAustralia 145. 2007) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses