Poaceae
Cymbopogon

Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle

First published in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 155 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Africa and Indo-China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, East Himalaya, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Bahamas, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Florida, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sumatera, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Franck, A.R., Anderson, L.C., Burkhalter, J.R. & Dickman, S. (2016). Additions to the flora of Florida, U.S.A. (2010-2015). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10: 175-190.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Datta, B.K., Saha, R. Roy, M. & Majumder, K. (2008). Grasses of West Tripura district, Tripura, India. Pleione 2: 98-105.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Fosberg, F.R. (1957). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37.
  • Franck, A.R., Anderson, L.C., Burkhalter, J.R. & Dickman, S. (2016). Additions to the flora of Florida, U.S.A. (2010-2015). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10: 175-190.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Masamune, G. (1942). Enumeratio phanerogamarum Bornearum: 1-739. Taihoku, Formosa.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Peekel, P.G. (1984). Flora of the Bismarck Archipelago for Naturalists: 1-638. Office of Forests, Division of Botany, Lae, Papua New Guinea.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Robyns, W. (1929). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1: 1-229. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
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  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Clayton, D. [5512] Sri Lanka K003912603 No
s.coll. [85] K003912573 No
Ammal, E. [11008] India K003912589 No
Maxwell [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000245874 Type Yes
Lebrun, J. [3714] Congo, Republic of the K001612666 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7021] K000280436 Type Yes
Ammal, E. [11013] India K003912591 No
Ballard, F. [1324] Sri Lanka K003912612 No
Burchell [3845] South Africa K000280454 Type Yes
s.coll. [11] India K003912599 No
Claessens [1503] K000280568 Type Yes
s.coll. [36] India K003912581 No
Barber, C.A. [2882] Sri Lanka K003912614 No
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1648] Sri Lanka K003912608 No
[E. P.] [s.n.] K003912580 No
s.coll. [12] India K003912596 No
[K. Cherian Jacob] [18067A] India K003912584 No
Wirawan, N. [699A] Sri Lanka K003912606 No
Powell, H. [21] K000280438 Type Yes
Powell, H. [21] K000280435 Type Yes
Davidse, G. [8458] Sri Lanka K003912601 No
Ecklon [919] K000280457 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [3784] Sri Lanka K000974896 Type Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [3784] Sri Lanka K000245871 Holotype Yes
Clayton, D. [5003] Sri Lanka K001666627 No
Barber, C.A. [2389] Sri Lanka K003912621 No
Rhind, D. [926] Burma K000245875 Holotype Yes
Jowitt, J.F. [15] K003912615 No
James, E. K000280437 Type Yes
Clayton, D. [5434] Sri Lanka K003912623 No
Gardner, G. [1039] Sri Lanka K000245873 Type Yes
Mund; Maire South Africa K000280456 Unknown Type Material Yes
South Africa K000280452 Type Yes
Wood, J.M. [1622] South Africa K000280450 Type Yes
Barber, C.A. [2384] Sri Lanka K003912611 No
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17922] Tanzania K001639063 No
Krauss [87] South Africa K000280449 Type Yes
E.S.C.A.Herbarium [118] South Africa K000280455 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davidse, G. [8376] Sri Lanka K003912613 No
Schmid, L.B.E. [s.n.] India K000245870 Syntype Yes
Gould, F.W. [13290] Sri Lanka K003912605 No
Ammal, E. [11] India K003912590 No
Clayton, D. [5427] Sri Lanka K003912602 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7581] K000280510 Unknown Type Material No
Barber, C.A. [2386] Sri Lanka K003912610 No
Mooney, H.F. [3188] India K003912588 No
Duthie, J.F. [9893] India K003912598 No
Barber, C.A. [2385] Sri Lanka K003912620 No
Jowitt, J.F. [1] K003912618 No
Walker, G.W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000245872 Unknown Type Material Yes
Walker, G.W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000974897 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ammal, E. [11010] India K003912576 No
Meebold, A. [11998] India K003912583 No
Ballard, F. [1110] Sri Lanka K003912607 No
Rogers, F.A. [5672] K000280498 Holotype Yes
Harvey? [52] South Africa K000280448 Type Yes
Ammal, E. [11002] India K003912575 No
Zeyher South Africa K000280458 Isotype Yes
Dümmer, R. [445] Uganda K000280509 Type No
Mooney, H.F. [4065] India K003912597 No
Schmidt [s.n.] India K003912571 No
Gamble, J.S. [21423] India K003912582 No
Gamble, J.S. [15452] India K003912577 No
Jowitt, J.F. [1] K003912617 No
Clayton, D. [5003] Sri Lanka K003912604 No
Barber, C.A. [2388] Sri Lanka K003912622 No
Gould, F.W. [13583] Sri Lanka K003912600 No
Gamble, J.S. [11726] India K003912578 No
s.coll. [879] India K003912572 No
Ecklon [919] K000280440 Isotype Yes
Cooper, T. [1065] South Africa K000280453 Type Yes
Zeyher South Africa K000280447 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912592 No
Ammal, E. [11004] India K003912574 No
s.coll. [8] India K003912609 No
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [7937] Sri Lanka K003912616 No
Rehmann, A. [7600] South Africa K000280451 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [932] India K000245869 Isotype Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [932] India K000245868 Isotype Yes
Ammal, E. [11061] India K003912593 No
Bourne, A.G.; Bourne, E.T. [1346] India K003912587 No
Gamble, J.S. [11726] India K003912579 No
Barber, C.A. [3752] India K003912585 No
Bourne [1346] India K003912586 No
Barber, C.A. [2383] Sri Lanka K003912619 No
Ammal, E. [11006] India K003912594 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7680] K000280511 Type No
s.coll. [7] India K003912595 No

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