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Taxon: Mnesithea cylindrica (Michx.) de Koning & Sosef

Genus:

Mnesithea

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Rottboelliinae

Nomen number:

418940

Place of publication:

Blumea 31:290. 1986

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

23-May-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

(≡) Coelorachis cylindrica (Michx.) Nash
(≡) Manisuris cylindrica (Michx.) Kuntze
Basionym: Tripsacum cylindricum Michx.

Common names:

Carolina joint grass (Source: F NAmer) - English
Carolina joint-tail (Source: F Florida) - English

Economic Importance:

Environmental: erosion control (as Coelorachis cylindrica)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=2585), Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

References:

Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 1999. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas. Note: = Coelorachis cylindrica (Michx.) Nash
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Coelorachis cylindrica
Veldkamp, J. F. et al. 1986. Generic delimitation of Rottboellia and related genera (Gramineae). Blumea 31:281-307.
Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida Note: = Coelorachis cylindrica
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:295.

Check other web resources for Mnesithea cylindrica (Michx.) de Koning & Sosef :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=418940. Accessed 1 July 2024.