Apluda

Apluda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Genus:	ApludaL.
Species:	A. mutica
Binomial name
Apluda mutica L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
CalaminaP.Beauv. Calamina mutica(L.) P.Beauv. Apluda variaHack. Apluda aristataL. Andropogon glaucusRetz. Apluda glauca(Retz.) Schreb. Apluda villosaSchreb. Calamina giganteaP.Beauv. Apluda geniculataRoxb. Apluda gigantea(P.Beauv.) Spreng. Tripsacum giganteum(P.Beauv.) Raspail Calamina humilisJ.Presl Apluda humilis(J.Presl) Kunth Andropogon involucratusJ.Koenig ex Steud. Apluda communisArn. & Nees Apluda kobilaBuch.-Ham. ex Nees Apluda microstachyaNees Apluda rostrataArn. & Nees Xerochloa latifoliaHassk. Apluda mucronataSteud. Apluda ciliataAndersson Apluda scabraAndersson Apluda cumingiiBuse Apluda pedicellataBuse Apluda inermisRegel

Apluda mutica L.

Apluda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia and to various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[3]

The only known species is Apluda mutica, native to Central Asia, China (incl. Taiwan + Tibet), Japan (incl Ryukyu Islands), Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Caroline Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Socotra, Oman.^[2]

Formerly included^[2]

see Andropogon, Ichnanthus, Ischaemum, Polytoca, Themeda, Zeugites

• Apluda digitata – Polytoca digitata
• Apluda distachya – Andropogon distachyos
• Apluda imberbis – Themeda triandra
• Apluda rugosa – Ischaemum rugosum
• Apluda zeugites – Zeugites americanus
• Apluda zeygites – Ichnanthus pallens

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. lectotype designated by Cope in Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 20 (1993)
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
• Media related to Apluda at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Apluda at Wikispecies