Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tristachya superba (De Not.) Schweinf. & Asch. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Loudetia superba De Not. Index Seminum (GE, Genuensis) 1852: 24 (1852).
Trichopteryx gigantea Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 295 (1897).
Trichopteryx gigantea var. gracilis Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 215 (1899).
Trichopteryx gigantea var. phalacrotes Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 95 (1930).
Trichopteryx gigantea var. spiciformis Pilg. in R.E.Fries, Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, 1: 209 (1916).
Trichopteryx hockii De Wild. Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 32 (1920).
Trichopteryx homblei De Wild. Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 33 (1920).
Trichopteryx superba (De Not.) Bagl. ex Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 79 (1919).
Tristachya augusta J.B.Phipps Kirkia 4: 102 (1964).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tristachya superba (De Not.) Schweinf. & Asch.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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