Thysanolaena

Thysanolaena
Amliso plant with flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: PACMAD clade
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Thysanolaeneae
C.E.Hubb.
Genus: Thysanolaena
Nees
Species:
T. latifolia
Binomial name
Thysanolaena latifolia
(Roxb. ex Hornem.) Honda
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Thysano-laena Nees, alternate spelling
  • Myriachaeta Moritzi
  • Thysanochlaena Gand.
  • Thysanolaena acarifera (Trin.) Arn. & Nees
  • Thysanolaena agrostis Nees
  • Thysanolaena assamensis Gand.
  • Thysanolaena birmanica Gand.
  • Thysanolaena malaccensis Gand.
  • Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Thysanolaena sikkimensis Gand.
  • Melica latifolia Roxb. ex Hornem.
  • Panicum acariferum Trin.
  • Thysanolaena acarifera Arn. & Nees
  • Neyraudia acarifera (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Conert
  • Agrostis maxima Roxb.
  • Arundo minutiflora Brongn.
  • Sporobolus scoparius J.Presl
  • Vilfa scoparia (J.Presl) Steud.
  • Myriachaeta arundinacea Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Myriachaeta glauca Moritzi ex Steud.
  • Vilfa gigas Steud.
  • Sporobolus gigas (Steud.) Miq.

Thysanolaena is a monotypic genus of the grass family, in the tribe Thysanolaeneae.[3][4][5][1][6] Its only recognized species is Thysanolaena latifolia (formerly Thysanolaena maxima), native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is also naturalized in Mauritius, Seychelles, Gambia, Tanzania, Hawaii, California, the West Indies and Brazil.[1][2][7][8] Tiger grass, Nepalese broom grass, broom grass, broom stick are common names for this plant, in Nepali amliso and jharu in Assamese .[9][10] The flowers of this plant are used as cleaning tool or broom, which is known as kuchcho in Nepali and jhadu (phool jhadu) in Hindi.

  1. ^ a b c Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 446 粽叶芦族 zong ye lu zu Poaceae Tribe Thysanolaeneae
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Uma Shankar, S. D. Lama & K. S. Bawa (2001). "Ecology and economics of domestication of non-timber forest products: an illustration of broomgrass in Darjeeling Himalaya". Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 13 (1): 171–191.
  4. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1835. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 18: 180
  5. ^ .amlisoName/40014309 Tropicos, Nees Search in The Plant List[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  7. ^ Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarakhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668
  8. ^ Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
  9. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thysanolaena latifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).