Cymbopogon nardus
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cymbopogon
- Species
- Cymbopogon nardus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1899
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cymbopogon nardus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
30 synonyms in this snapshot
- Andropogon citrosusName author: Steud.
- Andropogon confertiflorusName author: Steud.
- Andropogon grandisName author: Nees ex Steud.
- Andropogon hamulatusName author: Nees ex Steud.
- Andropogon nardusName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Andropogon nardus subsp. grandisName author: (Nees ex Steud.) Hack.
- Andropogon nardus subsp. nilagiricusName author: Hack.
- Andropogon nardus var. confertiflorusName author: (Steud.) Stapf ex Bor
- Andropogon nardus var. luridusName author: Hook.f.
- Andropogon nardus var. prolixusName author: Stapf
- Andropogon nardus var. validusName author: Stapf
- Andropogon nardus var. zeyheriName author: Hack.
- Andropogon nilagiricusName author: Hochst. ex Hack.
- Andropogon nilagiricusName author: Hochst.
- Andropogon pseudohirtusName author: Steud.
- Andropogon thwaitesiiName author: Hook.f.
- Cymbopogon afronardusName author: Stapf
- Cymbopogon claessensiiName author: Robyns
- Cymbopogon confertiflorusName author: (Steud.) Stapf
- Cymbopogon nardus subsp. nilgiricusName author: Hack.
- Cymbopogon nardus var. confertiflorusName author: (Steud.) Bor
- Cymbopogon nardus var. luridusName author: (Hook.f.) N.Rama Rao
- Cymbopogon nardus var. nardusName author: Not supplied
- Cymbopogon prolixusName author: (Stapf) E.Phillips
- Cymbopogon thwaitesiiName author: (Hook.f.) Willis
- Cymbopogon validusName author: (Stapf) Stapf
- Cymbopogon validus var. lysocladusName author: Stapf
- Cymbopogon virgatusName author: Stapf ex Bor
- Lagurus paniculatusName author: Burm.f.
- Sorghum nardusName author: (L.) Kuntze
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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