Melinis repens

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Internal ID	UUID64403148d611e044509361
Scientific name	Melinis repens
Authority	(Willd.) Zizka
First published in	Biblioth. Bot. 38(138): 55 (1988)

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Erianthus repens	P.Beauv.	Ess. Agrostogr. : 14 (1812)
Panicum braunii	Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(2): 93. 1854 [1855 publ. 2-3 Mar 1854]
Panicum roseum	Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(2): 92. 1854 [1855 publ. 2-3 Mar 1854]
Panicum roseum f. hirtum	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 363 1898
Panicum sphacelatum	(Benth.) Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 92 (1854)
Panicum teneriffae var. roseum	(Nees) F.M.Bailey	Catalogue of the Grasses in the Queensland Court 1888
Panicum tonsum	Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(2): 92. 1854 [1855 publ. 2-3 Mar 1854]
Rhynchelytrum dregeanum var. annuum	Chiov.	Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 309 1908
Rhynchelytrum dregeanum var. intermedium	Chiov.	Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 310 1908
Rhynchelytrum gossweileri	Stapf & C.E.Hubb.	Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 9(5): 891. 1930 [12 Aug 1930]
Rhynchelytrum repens	(Willd.) C.E.Hubb.	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 110 (1934)
Rhynchelytrum repens var. roseum	(Nees) Chiov.	Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp. 275 1939
Rhynchelytrum roseum	Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Bews	World's Grasses 223 (1929). in obs.
Rhynchelytrum ruficomum	Hochst. ex Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(2): 120. 1854 [1855 publ. 2-3 Mar 1854]
Rhynchelytrum stolzii	Stapf & C.E.Hubb.	Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 9(5): 885. 1930 [12 Aug 1930]
Rhynchelytrum tonsum	Lanza & Mattei	Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 49. 1910 [Jan-Sep 1910]
Saccharum repens	Willd.	Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 1: 322 (1797)
Tricholaena atropurpurea	hort.	Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1195, in syn. 1895
Tricholaena dregeana	T.Durand & Schinz	Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 769. 1894 [Dec 1894]
Tricholaena fragilis	A.Braun	Flora 24(1): 275. 1841
Tricholaena grandiflora var. collina	Rendle	Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 195. 1899
Tricholaena repens	(Willd.) Hitchc.	Misc. Publ. U.S.D.A. 243: 331 (1936)
Tricholaena repens var. rosea	(Nees) Alberts.	Bull. Imp. Bur. Pastures Forage Crops 37: 10. 1947
Tricholaena rosea var. ruderalis	Vanderyst	Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 107. 1920
Tricholaena rosea var. sphacelata	(Benth.) A.Chev.	Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 366. 1913
Tricholaena sphacelata	Benth.	Niger Fl. [W. J. Hooker]. 559. 1849 [Nov-Dec 1849]
Tricholaena tonsa var. submutica	Schweinf.	Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 96. 1894
Tricholaena violacea	hort.	Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1195, in syn. 1895
Tricholaena rosea f. violacea	Voss.
Rhynchelytrum roseum	(Nees) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.	Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 880 1930

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	rose natal grass
English	creeping molasses grass
English	natal grass
Spanish	zacate rosado
Spanish	espiga colorada
Spanish	zacate natal
Chinese	红毛草
Chinese	紅毛草

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Name	Authority	First published in
Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora	(Hochst.) Zizka	Biblioth. Bot. 38(138): 60 (1988)
Melinis repens subsp. nigricans	(Mez) Zizka	Biblioth. Bot. 38(138): 64 (1988)
Melinis repens subsp. repens

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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• Africa click to expand
  • East Tropical Africa
    • Kenya
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
  • Macaronesia
    • Canary Islands
    • Cape Verde
    • Madeira
  • Middle Atlantic Ocean
    • Saint Helena
  • Northeast Tropical Africa
    • Chad
    • Djibouti
    • Eritrea
    • Ethiopia
    • Socotra
    • Somalia
    • Sudan
  • Northern Africa
    • Western Sahara
  • South Tropical Africa
    • Angola
    • Malawi
    • Mozambique
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Southern Africa
    • Botswana
    • Cape Provinces
    • Free State
    • Kwazulu-Natal
    • Lesotho
    • Namibia
    • Northern Provinces
    • Swaziland
  • West Tropical Africa
    • Benin
    • Burkina
    • Ghana
    • Ivory Coast
    • Mauritania
    • Niger
    • Nigeria
    • Sierra Leone
    • Togo
  • West-central Tropical Africa
    • Burundi
    • Cameroon
    • Central African Republic
    • Congo
    • Equatorial Guinea
    • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
    • Rwanda
    • Zaïre
  • Western Indian Ocean
    • Aldabra
    • Chagos Archipelago
    • Madagascar
    • Mauritius
    • Rodrigues
    • Réunion
    • Seychelles

• Asia-temperate click to expand
  • Arabian Peninsula
    • Kuwait
    • Oman
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Yemen
  • China
    • China Southeast
  • Eastern Asia
    • Kazan-retto
    • Nansei-shoto
    • Ogasawara-Shoto
    • Taiwan

• Asia-tropical click to expand
  • Indian Subcontinent
    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Sri Lanka
    • West Himalaya
  • Indo-China
    • Laos
    • Myanmar
    • South China Sea
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
  • Malesia
    • Christmas Island
    • Jawa
    • Lesser Sunda Islands
    • Malaya
    • Maluku
    • Philippines
  • Papuasia
    • New Guinea
    • Solomon Islands

• Australasia click to expand
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • Norfolk Island
    • Queensland
    • Western Australia
  • New Zealand
    • New Zealand North

• Europe click to expand
  • Southeastern Europe
    • Italy
  • Southwestern Europe
    • Sardegna
    • Spain

• Northern America click to expand
  • Mexico
    • Mexican Pacific Islands
    • Mexico Central
    • Mexico Gulf
    • Mexico Northeast
    • Mexico Northwest
    • Mexico Southeast
    • Mexico Southwest
  • South-central U.S.A.
    • New Mexico
    • Texas
  • Southeastern U.S.A.
    • Alabama
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Louisiana
    • Maryland
    • North Carolina
  • Southwestern U.S.A.
    • Arizona
    • California

• Pacific click to expand
  • North-central Pacific
    • Hawaii
  • Northwestern Pacific
    • Marianas
    • Marshall Islands
  • South-central Pacific
    • Cook Islands
    • Easter Island
    • Line Islands
    • Marquesas
    • Society Islands
    • Tuamotu
    • Tubuai Islands
  • Southwestern Pacific
    • Fiji
    • Gilbert Islands
    • Nauru
    • New Caledonia
    • Tonga
    • Wallis-Futuna Islands

• Southern America click to expand
  • Brazil
    • Brazil South
    • Brazil Southeast
    • Brazil West-central
  • Caribbean
    • Aruba
    • Bahamas
    • Cayman Islands
    • Cuba
    • Dominican Republic
    • Haiti
    • Leeward Islands
    • Netherlands Antilles
    • Puerto Rico
    • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Windward Islands
  • Central America
    • Belize
    • Costa Rica
    • El Salvador
    • Guatemala
    • Honduras
    • Nicaragua
    • Panamá
  • Northern South America
    • Guyana
    • Venezuela
  • Southern South America
    • Argentina Northeast
    • Argentina Northwest
    • Paraguay
    • Uruguay
  • Western South America
    • Bolivia
    • Colombia
    • Ecuador
    • Peru

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000879582
Florida Plant Atlas	145
Flora of Alabama	5359
USDA Plants	MERE9
Tropicos	25518941
INPN	630929
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2945817-1
The Plant List	kew-423957
Open Tree Of Life	600986
NCBI Taxonomy	29709
NBN Atlas	NHMSYS0000460667
IPNI	2945817-1
iNaturalist	77987
GBIF	2702504
Calflora (Californian flora)	12147
USDA GRIN	409666
Wikipedia	Melinis_repens

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