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Leptochloa virgata (L.) P. Beauv. (Ess. Agrostogr. 161. 1812.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Grenada, Barbados, Maria Galante,Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native: FL; TX), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Pata de gallina (Cuba), Synonyms: Cynodon domingensis (Jacq.) Raspail (Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302. 1825.), Cynosurus domingensis Jacq. (Misc. Austriac. 2: 363. 1781.), Cynosurus virgatus L. (Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 876. 1759.), Diplachne domingensis (Jacq.) Chapm. (Fl. South. U.S., ed. 3, 609. 1897.), Eleusine domingensis (Jacq.) Pers. (Syn. Pl. 1: 87. 1805.), Festuca domingensis (Jacq.) Lam. (Tabl. Encycl. 1: 189. 1791.), Leptochloa domingensis (Jacq.) Trin. (Fund. Agrost. 133. 1820.), Leptochloa perennis Hack. (Informe Anual Estac. Centr. Agron. Cuba 1: 411. 1906.), Leptostachys domingensis (Jacq.) G. Mey. (Prim. Fl. Esseq. 74. 1818.), Rabdochloa domingensis (Jacq.) P. Beauv. (Ess. Agrostogr. 84, 176. 1812.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i-ii], 1-259. 6). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 7). Hitchcock, A.S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies. U.S.D.A. Miscellaneous Publication No. 243. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 8). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 9). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 10). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 11). Peterson, P.M., R.J. Soreng, G. Davidse, T.S. Filgueiras, F.O. Zuloaga, and E.J. Judziewicz. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41: 1-255. 12). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 13). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 14). Soreng, R.J., P.M. Peterson, G. Davidse, E.J. Judziewicz, F.O. Zuloaga, T.S. Filgueiras, and O. Morrone. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48: 1-730. 15). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 16). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 17). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 30 Nov 09 |