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Taxon:  Apluda mutica L.



Summary
Genus:
Apluda
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Nomen number:
3716
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:82. 1753
Verified:
03/31/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 3  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Apluda mutica L. var. aristata (L.) Hack. ex Backer (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Apluda varia Hack.
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Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  2. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  3. Holttum, R. E. et al. A revised flora of Malaya. 1953-1971
  4. Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987
  5. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  6. Miller, A. G. & M. Morris. Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago. 2004
  7. Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. 1996-
  8. Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource).
  9. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  10. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Flora of New South Wales. 1961-1984
  11. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  12. Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
  13. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  14. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976
Common names
English
Mauritian grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaYemenSocotra 
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Yemen [Socotra]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland]
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
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://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=3716. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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