Poaceae
Arthraxon

Arthraxon prionodes (Steud.) Dandy

First published in F.W.Andrews, Fl. Pl. Sudan 3: 399 (1956)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan to China and Peninsula Malaysia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S. (2020). Flora of Eastern Ghats 7: 1-474. Regency publications, New Deli.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S. (2020). Flora of Eastern Ghats 7: 1-474. Regency publications, New Deli.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 99 (1965).
  • Dandy in F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 399 (1956).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hodd, K.T.B. [263] India K002289012 No
Blatter, E. [2524] India K002288998 No
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1257] Thailand K000688860 No
s.coll. [[3256]] India K002288974 No
Massey, R.E. [6] Ethiopia K002289251 No
Chantaranothai, P.; et al. [90/614] Thailand K000688857 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002289000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [4628] Thailand K000620303 No
Ramsay, C.B. [s.n.] India K002288983 No
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1091] Eritrea K002289258 No
Koelz, W.N. [21764] India K002289010 No
Wood, J.R.I. [S/71/39] Somalia K002289268 No
Gamble, J.S. [22900] India K002289022 No
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [s.n.] Somalia K002289271 No
Clarke, C.B. [17609C] India K002288969 No
Duthie, J.F. [10101] India K002288990 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [2780] Ethiopia K002289260 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002288985 No
Kingdon-Ward, F. [20226] India K002288970 No
Bhattacharyya, U.C. [24541] India K002289007 No
Drake-Brockman [381] Somalia K002289270 No
Drummond, J.R. [21059] India K002289028 No
Blatter, E. [2557] India K002288999 No
Pappi, A. [4902] Eritrea K002289257 No
Gamble, J.S. [5564 A] India K002289019 No
Mooney, H.F. [6265] Ethiopia K002289253 No
Persson; [Tioman] [2126] Ethiopia K002289255 No
Parker, C. [E 249] Ethiopia K002289254 No
Clarke, C.B. [22505A] India K002289014 No
Gamble, J.S. [18382] India K002288973 No
Gamble, J.S. [27370] India K002288981 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Kelbessa, E.; Vollesen, K.B. [7963] Ethiopia K002289256 No
Duthie, J.F. [22901] India K002289001 No
Gamble, J.S. [5330 A] India K002289004 No
Kingdon-Ward, F. [20079] India K002288971 No
s.coll. [8829] India K002289011 No
Meebold, A.E. [7751] India K002288978 No
Jackson, J.K. [2967] Sudan K002289248 No
Jacquemont, V. [895] India K002288996 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002289002 No
Lazarides, M. [7414] Thailand K000688858 No
s.coll. [256] Ethiopia K002289252 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [2970] Ethiopia K002289262 No
Put [4465A] Thailand K000688797 No
s.coll. [357] India K002288993 No
Garrett, H.B.G. [840] Thailand K000688856 No
Blatter, E. [2525] India K002289005 No
s.coll. [1685] India K002288989 No
Thompson, J. [s.n.] India K002288992 No
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] India K002288976 No
Gamble, J.S. [5745 A] India K002288994 No
Clarke, C.B. [23023] India K002289016 No
Duthie, J.F. [10738] India K002289026 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M.; Aweke, G. [384] Ethiopia K002289263 No
{Wight} [3255] India K002288975 No
Gamble, J.S.; Clarke, C.B. [40592D] India K002288980 No
Duthie, J.F. [6129] India K002289024 No
Beckett, J.J. [1332] Somalia K002289267 No
Blatter, E. [2609] India K002288997 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [10546] Ethiopia K002289264 No
Duthie, J.F. [[43044]] India K002289029 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002289030 No
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3175] Ethiopia K002289259 No
Gamble, J.S. [27386] India K002289021 No
Gamble, J.S. [22738] India K002289020 No
Duthie, J.F. [6129] India K002289025 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [8049] Thailand K000620304 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002288977 No
Koelz, W.N. [21764] India K002289009 No
Smitinand, T. [2031] Thailand K000688859 No
Scott, A. [64] India K002289013 No
Verma, D.M. [1773] India K002288982 No
Put [4465] Thailand K000620302 No
s.coll. [1685] India K002288988 No
Blatter, E. [2673] India K002289006 No
Gamble, J.S. [22738] India K002289003 No
Drake-Brockman [476] Somalia K002289266 No
{Glover, P.E.; Gilliland} [748] Somalia K002289272 No
Parker, C. [E68] Ethiopia K002289261 No
Clarke, C.B. [22505D] India K002289017 No
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15930] Somalia K002289269 No
Gamble, J.S.; Clarke, C.B. [33679J] India K002289018 No
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.; Hassan, A. [9062] Somalia K002289265 No
[Levinge] [s.n.] India K002289015 No
Gamble, J.S. [26575] India K002288979 No
s.coll. [149] India K002288986 No
Schimper, M.W. [957] Ethiopia K002289250 No
Rich, H.H. [832] India K002288987 No
Jamieson [169] India K002289027 No
Rup Chand, T. [3909] India K002288972 No
Koelz, W.N. [22325] India K002289008 No

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