Cymbopogon citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf

Cymbopogon citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf

POACEAE

- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Cymbopogon citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf

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Common names

U.S. name: Lemon grass

English name: lemongrass

English name: West Indian lemongrass

Spanish name: zacate limón

French name: verveine des Indes

German name: Zitronengras

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Andropogon citratus DC. ex Nees

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cymbopogon
Species:

Page counter: 1815 ( AVG: 222.3 / 291.376 )

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Cymbopogon citratus
Habit in garden at Commodore Ave around residences Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Habit at Greenhouse behind galley Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Habit at Olinda, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, centro città, Civico Orto Botanico, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Cymbopogon citratus
Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Cymbopogon citratus
Habit at Community Garden Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Leaves at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Habit at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Leaves at All Hands Club Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Cymbopogon citratus
Branches at Maui County Fair Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Leaves at Commodore Ave around residences Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Base at Community Garden Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cymbopogon citratus
Leaves at Olinda, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Florida), USA+ (PR, VI)

Distributional map for Cymbopogon citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf
Map for Cymbopogon citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) J.F. Watson [675]
2) Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones) Schult. [388]
3) Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) J.F. Watson [736]
4) Cymbopogon refractus (R. Br.) A. Camus [1245]
5) Cymbosetaria sagittifolia (A. Rich.) Schweick. [91]
6) Cymophyllus fraseri (Andrews) Mack. ex Britton [152]
7) Cymopterus bipinnatus S. Watson [138]
8) Cymopterus lemmonii (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Dorn [127]
9) Cymopterus purpureus S. Watson var. jonesii (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Goodrich [137]
10) Cymopterus watsonii (J.M. Coult. & Rose) M.E. Jones [132]

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