Imperata

Imperata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Germainiinae
Genus: Imperata
Species: I. brasiliensis – I. brevifolia – I. cheesemani – I. condensata – I. conferta – I. contracta – I. cylindrica – I. flavida – I. minutiflora – I. parodii – I. tenuis

Name

Imperata Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: XXVI (1792).

• Type species: Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 3: 10 (1797)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Syllepis E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 52 (1886).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira. Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Socotra, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan (introduced). Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (introduced). Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central (introduced), Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang (introduced). Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan (introduced). Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya (introduced). Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos (introduced), Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea (introduced), Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (introduced), Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku (introduced), Philippines, Sulawesi (introduced), Sumatera, Christmas Island (introduced). Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago (introduced), New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands (introduced). Regional: New Zealand Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North (introduced). Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands (introduced). Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Continental: Northern America Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon (introduced). Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia (introduced). Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cirillo, D.M.L. 1792. Plantarum Rariorum Regni Neapolitani 2: 26.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Imperata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Imperata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Imperata. Published online. Accessed: 1 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Imperata. Accessed: 1 Aug 2023.

Vernacular names

مصرى: حليفاء
العربية: حليفاء
azərbaycanca: Hülpə
беларуская: Императа
English: satintail
فارسی: زلف شیطان
suomi: Silkkiheinät
עברית: משין
қазақша: Баттауық
한국어: 띠속
русский: Императа
中文: 白茅属

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