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Taxon:  Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle



Summary
Genus:
Cymbopogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Nomen number:
12810
Place of publication:
W. P. Hiern, Cat. afr. pl. 2(1):155. 1899
Verified:
02/09/2006 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 nardus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon confertiflorus Steud.
Andropogon nardus L. var. validus Stapf
Cymbopogon afronardus Stapf
Cymbopogon confertiflorus (Steud.) Stapf
Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle var. confertiflorus (Steud.) Stapf ex Bor
Cymbopogon validus (Stapf) Burtt Davy
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Bellenot, D. 2009. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
  3. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  4. 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 2:418-419.
  5. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
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  24. Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 167.
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Common names
English
Ceylon citronella –
citronella –
citronella grass –
giant turpentine grass –
nard grass –
new citronella grass –
Afrikaans
reuse terpentyngras –
French
citronnelle de Ceylan –
citronnelle de Sri Lanka –
German
Ceyloncitronell –
Citronellgras –
dichtblättriges Zitronellagras –
Portuguese
citronela-de-Java –
Spanish
zacate limón –
Swedish
citronellagräs –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Provincee.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTripura 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province (e.), KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka], Sri Lanka
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
essential oils (for perfumery fide Dict Econ Pl; CultTropS) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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