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Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

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Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew ((1906))
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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Poales
family
Poaceae
genus
Cymbopogon
species
Cymbopogon citratus

Name

Synonyms
Andropogon cerifer Hack.
Andropogon ceriferus Hack.
Andropogon citratus DC.
Andropogon citratus DC. ex Nees
Andropogon citriodorus Desf.
Andropogon nardus subsp. cerifer (Hack.) Hack.
Andropogon nardus subsp. ceriferus (Hack.) Hack.
Andropogon nardus var. ceriferus (Hack.) Hack.
Andropogon roxburghii Nees ex Steud.
Andropogon roxburghii Nees ex Wight & Arn.
Ndropogon schoenanthus L.
Homonyms
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
Common names
Enoacabo in language.
Lemon grass in English
Lemongras in German
Limonaria in language.
West Indian lemongrass in English
Zitronengras in German
cana-cidreira in language.
cana-limão in language.
capim-cheiroso in Portuguese
capim-cidreira in Portuguese
capim-cidrilho in Portuguese
capim-cidró in language.
capim-cidró in Portuguese
capim-citronela in Portuguese
capim-de-cheiro in Portuguese
capim-limão in Portuguese
capim-santo in Portuguese
capim-santo in language.
cidró in Portuguese
citronelle in French
citrongräs in Swedish
citronnelle in French
erva-cidreira in Portuguese
erva-cidreira in Portuguese
grama-cidreira in Portuguese
herbe citron in French
lemon grass in language.
lemon grass in language.
lemon-grass in English
lemongrass in French
lemongrass in English
pasto limón in Spanish
patchuli in Portuguese
patchuli-falso in Portuguese
patchuli-falso in language.
sontol in language.
verveine des Indes in French
vervena in Portuguese
westindisches Zitronengras in German
yerba luisa in language.
zacate dete in Spanish
zacate limón in Spanish
Lemoengras in Dutch
Lemongrass in English
Yerba di Lamoen in language.
Lemon Grass in English
Malohie in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Stapf O (1906) The Oil-Grasses of India and Ceylon. (Cymbopogon, vetiveria and Andropogon spp.). Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 1906(8): 297. doi: 10.2307/4120226.
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