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Taxon:  Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Thwaites



Summary
Genus:
Aeluropus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Aeluropodinae
Nomen number:
408102
Place of publication:
G. H. K. Thwaites & J. D. Hooker, Enum. pl. zeyl. 374. 1864
Verified:
03/20/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aeluropus repens (Desf.) Parl.
Dactylis repens Desf.
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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  2. Froman, B. & S. Persson. An illustrated guide to the grasses of Ethiopia. 1974
  3. Ghazanfar, S. A. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. 1992
  4. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  5. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  6. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  7. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  8. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  9. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976
  10. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
Spanish
mamoncillo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItalySicily 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicily]
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=408102. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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