Cyrtococcum

Cyrtococcum

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: Boivinellinae
Genus: Cyrtococcum
Species: C. accrescens – C. bosseri – C. capitis-york – C. chaetophoron – C. deccanense – C. deltoideum – C. fuscinode – C. humbertianum – C. longipes – C. multinode – C. oxyphyllum – C. patens – C. tamatavense – C. trigonum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cyrtococcum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 08. Reference page.

Name

• Cyrtococcum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 15 (1917)
• Type species: Cyrtococcum chaetophoron (Roem. & Schult.) Dandy, J. Bot. 69: 55 (1931)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zaïre Introduced into: Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. (1917) Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 15.

Additional references

• Soreng,R.J., Davidse, G., Peterson, P.M., Zuloaga, F.O., Judziewicz, E.J., Filgueiras, T.S., O. Morrone, O. & Komaschenko, K. (2012) World-wide Phylogenetic Classification of Poaceae (Gramineae). Available on line Poaceae. Accessed 24 Nov. 2013.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Cyrtococcum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Cyrtococcum. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24. has this genus in the Sub-family Micrairoideae unlike Soreng et al (2012)
• Tropicos.org 2013. Cyrtococcum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Cyrtococcum. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: സിർട്ടോകോകം
中文: 弓果黍属

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