Arthraxon

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Arthraxoninae
Genus: Arthraxon
Species: A. antsirabensis – A. australensis – A. castratus – A. cuspidatus – A. depressus – A. echinatus – A. epectinatus – A. guizhouensis – A. hispidus – A. inermis – A. jubatus – A. junnarensis – A. lanceolatus – A. lancifolius – A. maopingensis – A. meeboldii – A. microphyllus – A. multinervus – A. nudus – A. okamotoi – A. prionodes – A. raizadae – A. santapaui – A. submuticus – A. typicus – A. villosus
Name

Arthraxon P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 111 (1812)

Type species: Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 214 (1912).

Homonyms

Arthraxon Tiegh. = Psittacanthus

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pleuroplitis Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 174 (1820).
Lucaea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 2: 489 (1831).
Batratherum Nees, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 18: 180 (1835).
Lasiolytrum Steud., Flora 29: 18 (1846).
Alectoridia A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 447 (1850).
Barthantherum Andersson in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 799 (1852), orth. var.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Amur, Arkansas, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 111, pl. 11, f. 6.

Additional references

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Arthraxon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2013. Arthraxon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Arthraxon. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arthraxon.

Vernacular names
English: Carpgrass
қазақша: Шаштықыз
한국어: 조개풀속
മലയാളം: ആർത്രാക്സൺ
中文: 荩草属

Arthraxon, commonly known as carpetgrass,[5] is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae,[6][7] containing the following species:[4]

Arthraxon antsirabensis – Madagascar
Arthraxon castratus – Hainan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Java
Arthraxon cuspidatus – Ethiopia, Oman
Arthraxon depressus – India
Arthraxon echinatus – India, Nepal, Yunnan
Arthraxon epectinatus – China, Himalayas
Arthraxon hispidus – Asia, Africa, Australia, Indian Ocean islands
Arthraxon inermis – India
Arthraxon jubatus – Kerala
Arthraxon junnarensis – Yunnan, India, Oman
Arthraxon lanceolatus – eastern Africa, southern Asia
Arthraxon lancifolius – Africa, southern Asia
Arthraxon meeboldii – India
Arthraxon microphyllus – Himalayas, Yunnan, Thailand
Arthraxon multinervis – Guizhou
Arthraxon nudus – southern Asia
Arthraxon prionodes – eastern Africa, southern Asia
Arthraxon raizadae – India
Arthraxon santapaui – India, Himalayas
Arthraxon submuticus – Himalayas, Yunnan
Arthraxon typicus – Yunnan, Guangdong, Himalayas, Indochina, Java
Arthraxon villosus – India

Several species now in the genera Dimeria and Microstegium were formerly included in Arthraxon:[4]

Arthraxon batangensis – Microstegium batangense
Arthraxon hohenackeri – Dimeria hohenackeri
Arthraxon lanceolatus and Arthraxon nodosus – Microstegium vimineum

See also

List of Poaceae genera

References

Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 111-112 description in Latin, commentary in French
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XI (11), figure VI (6 a-d) line drawings of Arthraxon ciliaris; figure captions in French on caption page 9
Tropicos, Arthraxon P. Beauv.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 362. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
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.
Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora