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Taxon:  Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf



Summary
Genus:
Cymbopogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Anthristiriinae
Nomen number:
12797
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906:357. 1906
Verified:
02/08/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon citratus DC.

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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). URL: http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/results.cfm
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Anjaria, J. V. 1989. Herbal Drugs: Potential for industry and cash. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry 90.
  4. Bellenot, D. 2009. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
  5. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. Note: lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
  6. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1950. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 2:412-414.
  7. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
  8. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1994. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 8:130. Note: lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
  9. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  10. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  11. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). URL: http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  12. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  13. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cymbopogon+citratus&quantity=1
  14. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). URL: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
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  16. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  17. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica Note: cultivated, as Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
  18. Hollyman, K. J. et al. 1993. Les noms français des plantes calédoniennes : étude lexicographique et lexicologique. 222 pp. Note: Didier, Paris
  19. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. URL: http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
  20. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia Note: lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
  21. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  22. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: lists as C. citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf
  23. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  24. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  25. Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource). URL: http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Note: lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
  26. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:95-98. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
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  31. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
  32. Soukup, J. 1971. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. Colegio Salesiano, Lima, Peru. 106-107. Note: re. Spanish (Peru) common name
  33. Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-380. URL: http://www.checklist.org.br/
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  35. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
  36. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
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Common names
English
lemongrass –
West Indian lemongrass –
French
citronelle –
citronnelle –
herbe citron –
lemongrass –
verveine des Indes –
German
Lemongras –
westindisches Zitronengras –
Zitronengras –
Portuguese
erva-cidreira –
Portuguese (Brazil)
cana-cidreira –
cana-limão –
capim-cidró –
capim-santo –
patchuli-falso –
Spanish
pasto limón –
zacate dete –
zacate limón –
Spanish (Costa Rica)
sontol –
Spanish (Peru)
yerba luisa –
Swedish
citrongräs –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
6Other    origin unknown
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus
  • CHINA: China [Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Hainan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S.]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
Other (origin unknown)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoringfide CultTropS; Pl Res SEAs 19:95. 1999Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:95-98. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Materialsessential oilsused as a masking fragranceOyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:95-98. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: lists as C. citratus (DC.) Stapf
Materialslipids Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinesfolklore Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Weed fide Weed CRCAustralia 145. 2007Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. URL: http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf


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