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Cymbopogon refractus

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Internal ID UUID64402f81b1b67480839037
Scientific name Cymbopogon refractus
Authority (R.Br.) A.Camus
First published in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. 1: 270 (1921)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Anatherum refractum P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 150 (1812)
Andropogon refractus R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 202 (1810)
Andropogon refractus var. luxurians Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 265 (1915)
Andropogon tahitensis Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. : 72 (1832)
Sorghum refractum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891)
Cymbopogon nardus var. refractus (R.Br.) Roberty Boissiera 9: 176 (1960)

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English barbwire grass

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World Flora Online wfo-0000861097
USDA Plants CYRE
Tropicos 25511806
INPN 447901
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:125046-3
The Plant List kew-406266
Open Tree Of Life 498999
NCBI Taxonomy 944653
Nature Serve 2.132930
iNaturalist 161365
GBIF 2705272
EPPO CYGRE
EOL 1114867
USDA GRIN 12819
Wikipedia Cymbopogon_refractus
IPNI 125046-3

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Diverse ecological functions and the convergent evolution of grass awns Petersen KB, Kellogg EA Am J Bot 26-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9828495
doi:10.1002/ajb2.16060
PMID:36048829
Review of phytomedicine, phytochemistry, ethnopharmacology, toxicology, and pharmacological activities of Cymbopogon genus Tibenda JJ, Yi Q, Wang X, Zhao Q Front Pharmacol 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9465289
doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.997918
PMID:36105217
Lemongrass Essential Oil Components with Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities Mukarram M, Choudhary S, Khan MA, Poltronieri P, Khan MM, Ali J, Kurjak D, Shahid M Antioxidants (Basel) 22-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8773226
doi:10.3390/antiox11010020
PMID:35052524
Altered precipitation and root herbivory affect the productivity and composition of a mesic grassland Barnett KL, Johnson SN, Facey SL, Gibson-Forty EV, Ochoa-Hueso R, Power SA BMC Ecol Evol 15-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8283849
doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01871-0
PMID:34266378
Altered Precipitation Impacts on Above- and Below-Ground Grassland Invertebrates: Summer Drought Leads to Outbreaks in Spring Torode MD, Barnett KL, Facey SL, Nielsen UN, Power SA, Johnson SN Front Plant Sci 06-Oct-2016
PMCID:PMC5052266
doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01468
PMID:27766101
DRI-Grass: A New Experimental Platform for Addressing Grassland Ecosystem Responses to Future Precipitation Scenarios in South-East Australia Power SA, Barnett KL, Ochoa-Hueso R, Facey SL, Gibson-Forty EV, Hartley SE, Nielsen UN, Tissue DT, Johnson SN Front Plant Sci 20-Sep-2016
PMCID:PMC5028386
doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01373
PMID:27703458
Belowground Ecology of Scarabs Feeding on Grass Roots: Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Management in Australasia Frew A, Barnett K, Nielsen UN, Riegler M, Johnson SN Front Plant Sci 22-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4802167
doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00321
PMID:27047506
Cymbopogon Species; Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry and the Pharmacological Importance Avoseh O, Oyedeji O, Rungqu P, Nkeh-Chungag B, Oyedeji A Molecules 23-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC6272507
doi:10.3390/molecules20057438
PMID:25915460
Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Triggers Compensatory Feeding by Root Herbivores on a C3 but Not a C4 Grass Johnson SN, Lopaticki G, Hartley SE PLoS One 20-Mar-2014
PMCID:PMC3961222
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090251
PMID:24651855
Taxonomic revision of Ustilago, Sporisorium and Macalpinomyces McTaggart AR, Shivas RG, Geering AD, Vánky K, Scharaschkin T Persoonia 17-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC3589789
doi:10.3767/003158512X661462
PMID:23606769
Soral synapomorphies are significant for the systematics of the Ustilago-Sporisorium-Macalpinomyces complex (Ustilaginaceae) McTaggart AR, Shivas RG, Geering AD, Callaghan B, Vánky K, Scharaschkin T Persoonia 04-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC3589796
doi:10.3767/003158512X660562
PMID:23606766

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