Apluda
Genus of grasses
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Apluda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia and to various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3]
| Apluda | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Genus: | Apluda L. |
| Species: | A. mutica |
| Binomial name | |
| Apluda mutica | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The only known species is Apluda mutica, native to Central Asia, China (incl. Taiwan + Tibet), Japan (incl Ryukyu Islands), Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Caroline Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Socotra, Oman.[2]
- Formerly included[2]
see Andropogon, Ichnanthus, Ischaemum, Polytoca, Themeda, Zeugites
- Apluda digitata – Polytoca digitata
- Apluda distachya – Andropogon distachyos
- Apluda imberbis – Themeda triandra
- Apluda rugosa – Ischaemum rugosum
- Apluda zeugites – Zeugites americanus
- Apluda zeygites – Ichnanthus pallens