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Taxon:  Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze



Summary
Genus:
Ophiuros
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Rottboelliinae
Nomen number:
25797
Place of publication:
Revis. gen. pl. 2:780. 1891
Verified:
09/11/2014 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Aegilops exaltata L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Mnesithea exaltata (L.) Skeels

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ophiuros corymbosus C. F. Gaertn.
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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  2. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource).
  3. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  4. Simon, B. K. 1982. (667) Proposal to conserve the species name Rottboellia exaltata L. f. (Poaceae). Taxon 31:564-565.
  5. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: New Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=25797. Accessed 14 March 2025.

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