Poaceae
Hyparrhenia

Hyparrhenia nyassae (Rendle) Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 313 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Indo-China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Clayton in Kew Bull., Add. Ser. 2: 58. (1969)
  • in F.T.A. 9: 313 (1919)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Robyns, W. (1929). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1: 1-229. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 60 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 491 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 108 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 24 (1947).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 45 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 36 (1960).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa: 9: 313 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gossweiler, J. [4152] Angola K000280271 Paralectotype Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5209] Tanzania K000190437 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9585] Zambia K001561649 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8528] Zambia K001561650 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9321] Zambia K001561646 Yes
Nobbs, A.G. [669] Zimbabwe K000280257 Isoparalectotype Yes
Nobbs, A.G. [669] Zimbabwe K000280256 Paralectotype Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2630] Angola K000280272 Type Yes
Buchanan, J. [1423] K000280264 Type Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9084] Zambia K001561602 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8642] Zambia K001561648 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8524] Zambia K001561647 Yes
Merrett, L. [2134] Zambia K001553959 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [3120] Angola K000280269 Lectotype Yes
Milne-Redhead [490] K000280258 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chevalier, A. [5406] Central African Republic K000280374 Type Yes
Macaulay [48] K000280263 Type Yes
Macaulay [48] K000280259 Type Yes
Macaulay [48] K000280262 Type Yes
Macaulay [48] K000280260 Isoparalectotype Yes
Macaulay [48] K000280261 Isoparalectotype Yes
Gossweiler, J. [3068] Angola K000280270 Type Yes
Bosser, J.M. [17549] Madagascar K002074211 Yes
Jacobsen, E. K000280301 Type Yes
Smitinand, T. [4006] Thailand K000688869 No
Chevalier, A. [5366] K000280373 Type Yes
Goetze, W. [901] K000280302 Type Yes

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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