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Taxon:  Arthraxon prionodes (Steud.) Dandy



Summary
Genus:
Arthraxon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Arthraxoninae
Nomen number:
425728
Place of publication:
F. W. Andrews, Fl. pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 3:399. 1956
Verified:
07/23/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon prionodes Steud.

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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  2. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  3. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  4. Holttum, R. E. et al. A revised flora of Malaya. 1953-1971
  5. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  6. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  7. Pullaiah, T. et al. Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India). 1997-1998
  8. Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
  9. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  10. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  11. Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). Flora Madhya Pradesh. 1993-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya], Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
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=425728. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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