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June 2025

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Imperata contracta Hitchc.

This species name was first published in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 146 (1893)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000875630.

Synonyms of Imperata contracta Hitchc.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anatherum berteroanum Spreng. ex Schult. Mant. 2: 443 (1824) wfo-0000845998
Anatherum caudatum (G.Mey.) Schult. Mant. 2: 445 (1824) wfo-0000846003
Anatherum portoricense Spreng. Syst. Veg. , 1: 290 (1824) wfo-0000846020
Imperata caudata (G.Mey.) Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 331 (1832) wfo-0000875626
Imperata exaltata var. caudata (G.Mey.) Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 99 (1889) wfo-0000875650
Imperata flexuosa Swallen Phytologia 14: 87 (1966) wfo-0000875653
Imperata longifolia Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 136 (1901) wfo-0000875662
Imperata sape (A.St.-Hil.) Andersson Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 159 (1855) wfo-0000875674
Saccharum caudatum G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. : 68 (1818) wfo-0000896559
Saccharum contractum Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 182 (1816) wfo-0000896570
Saccharum cylindricum var. contractum (Kunth) Roberty Boissiera 9: 375 (1960) wfo-0000896573
Saccharum cylindricum var. longifolium (Pilg.) Roberty Boissiera 9: 375 (1960) wfo-0000896576
Saccharum dubium Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 183 (1816) wfo-0000896582
Saccharum monandrum Sw. ex Hack. Fl. Bras. 2(3): 252 (1883) wfo-0000896647
Saccharum sape A.St.-Hil. Voy. Distr. Diam. 1: 368 (1833) wfo-0000896722
Saccharum contractum Poit. ex Ledeb. Diss. Bot. Pl. Doming. : 8 (1805) wfo-0000908324