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Alloteropsis cimicina

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64402e4c5be9d899838864
Scientific name Alloteropsis cimicina
Authority Stapf
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 487 (1919)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agrostis cimicina (L.) Lam. Encycl. , Suppl. 1: 258 (1810)
Agrostis digitata Lam. Encycl. 1: 59 (1783)
Alloteropsis latifolia (Peter) Pilg. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 382 (1935)
Alloteropsis quintasii (Mez) Pilg. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 263 (1936)
Axonopus cimicinus P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. 12 (1812).
Axonopus latifolius Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 21 (1930)
Coridochloa cimicina Nees in Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. xv. 381.
Coridochloa fimbriata Nees ex Wight. Cat. 1656.
Eriachne melicaceae var. fragrans F.M.Bailey Queensland Agric. J. 27: 69 1911
Melica cimicina Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 20 (1796)
Milium cimicinum L. Mant. Pl. Altera 184. 1771 [Oct 1771]
Oplismenus fasciculatus Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 487 (1817)
Panicum cimicinum Retz. Observ. Bot. (Retzius) iii. 9. 1783
Panicum fasciculatum Lam. Encycl. 4: 731 (1798)
Panicum fasciculiflorum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 256 (1841)
Urochloa cimicina Kunth Révis. Gramin. i. 31.
Urochloa fasciculata Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 31 (1829)
Urochloa quintasii Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 195 (1921)
Eriachne melicacea f. fragrans F.M.Bailey Queensland Agric. J. 27: 69 (1911)
Coridochloa cimicina (L.) Nees ex Chase Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 24: 129 1911

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Language Common/alternative name
English summergrass
English summer grass, bug-seed grass, cockatoo grass
Chinese 臭虫草
Chinese 臭蟲草

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Namibia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Philippines
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
  • Northern America
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000845359
Florida Plant Atlas 171
USDA Plants ALCI3
Tropicos 25504093
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:386992-1
The Plant List kew-391228
Open Tree Of Life 353912
NCBI Taxonomy 486854
IPNI 386992-1
iNaturalist 427875
GBIF 2703273
EPPO AOTCI
EOL 1114009
USDA GRIN 401510

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Alloteropsis semialata as a study system for C4 evolution in grasses Pereira L, Bianconi ME, Osborne CP, Christin PA, Dunning LT Ann Bot 09-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10667010
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad078
PMID:37422712
Plants as the Extended Phenotype of Endophytes—The Actual Source of Bioactive Compounds Rutkowska N, Drożdżyński P, Ryngajłło M, Marchut-Mikołajczyk O Int J Mol Sci 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10298476
doi:10.3390/ijms241210096
PMID:37373241
Bioactive compounds and biomedical applications of endophytic fungi: a recent review Hashem AH, Attia MS, Kandil EK, Fawzi MM, Abdelrahman AS, Khader MS, Khodaira MA, Emam AE, Goma MA, Abdelaziz AM Microb Cell Fact 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10243280
doi:10.1186/s12934-023-02118-x
PMID:37280587
Exploring the Nutritional Potential of Wild Grass Fodder for Mega Herbivore (Elephas maximus) in the Foothills of Western Ghats Packialakshmi M, Palani Divya M, Baranidharan K, Geetha S, Nalliappan Ganesan K, Vijayabhama M, Manivasakan S, Hemalatha P, Radha P, Tilak M, Priyanka V, Krishnamoorthi S, Vinothini B, Yuvraj Zende J, Balu Rajput N Animals (Basel) 04-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9558548
doi:10.3390/ani12192668
PMID:36230409
Metabolomic Insights Into Endophyte-Derived Bioactive Compounds Mishra S, Priyanka, Sharma S Front Microbiol 02-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8926391
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.835931
PMID:35308367
Complete chloroplast genome sequences of two Alloteropsis species (Poaceae) from China Yang Y, Zhang X, Chen S, Guo Z, Wang L Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 08-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7872562
doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1867014
PMID:33659679
Checklist of the grasses of India Kellogg EA, Abbott JR, Bawa KS, Gandhi KN, Kailash BR, Ganeshaiah KN, Shrestha UB, Raven P PhytoKeys 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC10311516
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.163.38393
PMID:37397271
Patterns and impacts of nonvertical evolution in eukaryotes: a paradigm shift Gabaldón T Ann N Y Acad Sci 28-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7589212
doi:10.1111/nyas.14471
PMID:32860228
Lateral Gene Transfer Acts As an Evolutionary Shortcut to Efficient C4 Biochemistry Phansopa C, Dunning LT, Reid JD, Christin PA Mol Biol Evol 10-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7751175
doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa143
PMID:32521019
The Mitochondrial Genome of Eleusine indica and Characterization of Gene Content within Poaceae Hall ND, Zhang H, Mower JP, McElroy JS, Goertzen LR Genome Biol Evol 23-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC7145533
doi:10.1093/gbe/evz229
PMID:31665327
Key changes in gene expression identified for different stages of C4 evolution in Alloteropsis semialata Dunning LT, Moreno-Villena JJ, Lundgren MR, Dionora J, Salazar P, Adams C, Nyirenda F, Olofsson JK, Mapaura A, Grundy IM, Kayombo CJ, Dunning LA, Kentatchime F, Ariyarathne M, Yakandawala D, Besnard G, Quick WP, Bräutigam A, Osborne CP, Christin PA J Exp Bot 05-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6598098
doi:10.1093/jxb/erz149
PMID:30949663
Lateral transfers of large DNA fragments spread functional genes among grasses Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Parisod C, Choudhury RR, Moreno-Villena JJ, Yang Y, Dionora J, Quick WP, Park M, Bennetzen JL, Besnard G, Nosil P, Osborne CP, Christin PA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 20-Feb-2019
PMCID:PMC6410850
doi:10.1073/pnas.1810031116
PMID:30787193
A 250 plastome phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae): topological support under different data partitions Saarela JM, Burke SV, Wysocki WP, Barrett MD, Clark LG, Craine JM, Peterson PM, Soreng RJ, Vorontsova MS, Duvall MR PeerJ 02-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5798404
doi:10.7717/peerj.4299
PMID:29416954
Highly Expressed Genes Are Preferentially Co-Opted for C4 Photosynthesis Moreno-Villena JJ, Dunning LT, Osborne CP, Christin PA Mol Biol Evol 11-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5850498
doi:10.1093/molbev/msx269
PMID:29040657
Introgression and repeated co‐option facilitated the recurrent emergence of C4 photosynthesis among close relatives Dunning LT, Lundgren MR, Moreno‐Villena JJ, Namaganda M, Edwards EJ, Nosil P, Osborne CP, Christin P Evolution 28-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC5488178
doi:10.1111/evo.13250
PMID:28395112

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