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Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Arundinelleae
Genus: Arundinella
Species: A. barbinodis – A. bengalensis – A. berteroniana – A. blephariphylla – A. cannanorica – A. chassanica – A. ciliata – A. cochinchinensis – A. dagana – A. decempedalis – A. deppeana – A. filiformis – A. flavida – A. fluviatilis – A. furva – A. fuscata – A. goeringii – A. gracilis – A. grandiflora – A. grevillensis – A. hirta – A. hispida – A. holcoides – A. hookeri – A. intricata – A. kengiana – A. kerrii – A. khasiana – A. kokutensis – A. laxiflora – A. leptochloa – A. longispicata – A. mesophylla – A. metzii – A. montana – A. muthikulamensis – A. nepalensis – A. nervosa – A. nodosa – A. parviflora – A. pradeepiana – A. pumila – A. rossica – A. rupestris – A. setosa – A. spicata – A. taiwanica – A. thirunelliensis – A. thwaitesii – A. tricholepis – A. tuberculata – A. vaginata – A. villosa – A. yunnanensis
Name

Arundinella Raddi, Agrostogr. Bras.: 36 (1823)

Type species: Arundinella hispida (Willd.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 791 (1891)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Goldbachia Trin., Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 81 (1821).
Acratherum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 230 (1827).
Calamochloe Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 52 (1828).
Thysanachne C.Presl, Symb. Bot.: 30 (1829).
Brandtia Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 2: 511 (1830).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. to Temp. Asia
Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Inner Mongolia, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Raddi, G. 1823. Agrostografia Brasiliensis: sive, Enumeratio plantarum ad familias naturales graminum et ciperoidarum spectantium. 58 pp.. BHL Reference page. : 36–37, pl. 1, f. 3.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Arundinella in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 31. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Arundinella. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
Tropicos.org 2013. Arundinella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Arundinella. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arundinella.

Vernacular names
English: River Grass
español: caña fina
فارسی: اروندينيلا
日本語: トダシバ属
한국어: 새속
മലയാളം: അരുണ്ടിനെല്ല
中文: 野古草属

Arundinella is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, common in many tropical and subtropical regions.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Species[3]

Arundinella barbinodis - China
Arundinella bengalensis - China, Himalayas, Indochina
Arundinella berteroniana - from Mexico + West Indies to Argentina
Arundinella birmanica - Himalayas, Indochina
Arundinella blephariphylla - Sri Lanka
Arundinella cannanorica - India
Arundinella ciliata - India, Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar
Arundinella cochinchinensis - China, Thailand, Vietnam
Arundinella dagana - Bhutan
Arundinella decempedalis - Yunnan, Himalayas, Myanmar
Arundinella deppeana - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, São Paulo
Arundinella flavida - Guangxi, Guizhou, Vietnam
Arundinella fluviatilis - China
Arundinella furva - New Guinea
Arundinella goeringii - Philippines, Indonesia
Arundinella grandiflora - Yunnan
Arundinella grevillensis - Queensland
Arundinella hirta - Russia, China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar
Arundinella hispida - from Mexico + West Indies to Uruguay
Arundinella holcoides - Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Is
Arundinella hookeri - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Andaman Is, Myanmar, China incl Tibet
Arundinella intricata - Tibet, Assam, Bhutan
Arundinella kerrii - Thailand
Arundinella khasiana - Yunnan, Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar
Arundinella kokutensis - Thailand
Arundinella laxiflora - Sri Lanka
Arundinella leptochloa - India, Sri Lanka
Arundinella longispicata - Yunnan
Arundinella mesophylla - Tamil Nadu
Arundinella metzii - India, Pakistan
Arundinella montana - Queensland
Arundinella nepalensis - Africa, southern Asia from Oman to China + Philippines
Arundinella nervosa - India
Arundinella nodosa - Yunnan
Arundinella parviflora - Yunnan
Arundinella pradeepiana - India
Arundinella pubescens - Taiwan, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Is, New Guinea
Arundinella pumila - West Africa, Ethiopia, Indian Subcontinent, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia
Arundinella purpurea - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Indonesia
Arundinella rupestris - China, Thailand, Vietnam
Arundinella setosa - Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea
Arundinella spicata - India
Arundinella thwaitesii - Sri Lanka
Arundinella tricholepis - Yunnan
Arundinella tuberculata - India
Arundinella vaginata - India
Arundinella villosa - India, Sri Lanka
Arundinella yunnanensis - Tibet, Yunnan

formerly included[3]

see Alloteropsis Danthoniopsis Dilophotriche Jansenella Loudetia Trichopteryx

Arundinella avenacea - Jansenella griffithiana
Arundinella campbelliana - Jansenella griffithiana
Arundinella chevalieri - Danthoniopsis chevalieri
Arundinella elegantula - Trichopteryx elegantula
Arundinella flammida - Loudetia flammida
Arundinella funaensis - Trichopteryx dregeana
Arundinella griffithiana - Jansenella griffithiana
Arundinella hildebrandtii - Loudetia simplex
Arundinella hordeiformis - Loudetia hordeiformis
Arundinella kunu - Trichopteryx dregeana
Arundinella marungensis - Trichopteryx marungensis
Arundinella schultzii - Alloteropsis semialata
Arundinella simplex - Loudetia simplex
Arundinella stipoides - Loudetia simplex
Arundinella togoensis - Loudetia togoensis
Arundinella tristachyoides - Dilophotriche tristachyoides