Apluda

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 L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Calamina P.Beauv. Calamina mutica (L.) P.Beauv. Apluda varia Hack. Apluda aristata L. Andropogon glaucus Retz. Apluda glauca (Retz.) Schreb. Apluda villosa Schreb. Calamina gigantea P.Beauv. Apluda geniculata Roxb. Apluda gigantea (P.Beauv.) Spreng. Tripsacum giganteum (P.Beauv.) Raspail Calamina humilis J.Presl Apluda humilis (J.Presl) Kunth Andropogon involucratus J.Koenig ex Steud. Apluda communis Arn. & Nees Apluda kobila Buch.-Ham. ex Nees Apluda microstachya Nees Apluda rostrata Arn. & Nees Xerochloa latifolia Hassk. Apluda mucronata Steud. Apluda ciliata Andersson Apluda scabra Andersson Apluda cumingii Buse Apluda pedicellata Buse Apluda inermis Regel

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

See also

• List of Poaceae genera