Summary
Place of publication:
E. T. Atkinson, Gaz. N.-W. Prov. India 10:392. 1882
Comment:
- for spelling see Melbourne ICN Art. 41, Ex. 4 & Melbourne ICN Rec. 60C.2
- authorship verified from original literature (by K. Gandhi, pers. comm.)
Verified:
11/28/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
ginger grass – motia grass – rosha grass – rusa grass – sofia grass – French
gingergrass – palmarosa – German
Gingergras – Palmarosa – Palmarosagras – India
motiya – rosha – rusha – sofiya – Spanish
palmarosa – Transcribed Chinese
lu sha xiang mao –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Andhra Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Arunachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Himachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Madhya Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Meghalaya | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Orissa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | Baluchistan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | North-West Frontier | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | Punjab | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | Sind | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Pakistan [Baluchistan, North-West Frontier, Punjab, Sind]
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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MALESIA:
Indonesia
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | essential oils | | Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:102-106. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12809.
Accessed 6 October 2024.