Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis paniciformis (A.Braun) Steud.

First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 268 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Zambia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Introduced into:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, India, Queensland, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. 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.
  • Ferreira, J.P.R. & Zanin, A. (2014). Diversidade das Tribos Eragrostideae Stapf e Zoysieae Benth. (Poaceae - Chloridoideae) na Ilha de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Iheringia: Botânica 69: 175-199.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • 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.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ferreira, J.P.R. & Zanin, A. (2014). Diversidade das Tribos Eragrostideae Stapf e Zoysieae Benth. (Poaceae - Chloridoideae) na Ilha de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Iheringia: Botânica 69: 175-199.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • 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.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 21(1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 32(1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 19 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 458 (1956).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 32(1960).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 164 (1955).
  • Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 268 (1854).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1969 Hitchcock, A., S. [25066] Kenya K000366362 Type Yes
Faden, R.B. [67596] Kenya K003361401 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Kabuye, C.H.S. [71/557] Kenya K003361464 Yes
Dale, I.R. [7] Kenya K003361440 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1798] Uganda K003361397 Yes
Medwa, J. [s.n.] Tanzania K003361482 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1374] Ethiopia K003325890 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1159] Uganda K003361395 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14396] Ethiopia K003325889 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2341] Tanzania K003361490 Yes
Williams, G.R. [613] Kenya K003361421 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [3042] Ethiopia K003325896 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [66] Eritrea K003325880 Yes
Peyre de Fabrégues [2884] Niger K003816215 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K53] Kenya K003361443 Yes
Mesfin, T.; Kagnew, G.Y. [1779] Ethiopia K003325892 Yes
s.coll. [3] Kenya K003361415 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [2662] Kenya K003361413 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9538] Kenya K003361417 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Pegler, D.N.; Abdallah, R.A. [1559] Tanzania K003361497 Yes
McDonald, J. [1077] Kenya K003361436 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24742] Kenya K003361416 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [6944] Ethiopia K003325886 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1178] Uganda K003361396 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [6642] Ethiopia K003325909 Yes
Omer-Cooper, J. [s.n.] Ethiopia K003325904 Yes
Davidse, G. [9199] Kenya K003361465 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67621] Kenya K003361424 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1314] Kenya K003361457 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25038] Kenya K003361439 Yes
Stewart, J. [651] Kenya K003361411 Yes
Dubois, L. [1333] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344740 Yes
Chabwela, H. [3993] Tanzania K003361494 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Jackson [1200] Malawi K003570588 Yes
Williams, G.R. [110] Kenya K003361419 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3307] Ethiopia K003325891 Yes
[Tsuchiya] [s.n.] Tanzania K003361478 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Tadessa, M. [6481] Kenya K003361468 Yes
Lyne, R.N. [144] Kenya K003361428 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [K79] Kenya K003361466 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24807] Kenya K003361438 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24787] Kenya K003361437 Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs.) [3027] Ethiopia K003325910 Yes
Napper, D.M. [815] Kenya K003361461 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1496] Kenya K003361427 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1600] Kenya K003361407 Yes
Taylor, H.G. [s.n.] Kenya K003361431 Yes
Napier, E.R. [1563] Kenya K003361430 Yes
Mesfin, T.; Kagnew, G.Y. [1528] Ethiopia K003325901 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1696] Kenya K003361462 Yes
Verdcourt [1621] Kenya K003361459 Yes
Williams, G.R. [126] Kenya K003361418 Yes
Braun, A. Ethiopia K000366406 Type Yes
Major, E.J.; Lugard, C. [604] Kenya K003361441 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24757] Kenya K003361409 Yes
Bogdan, A. [s.n.] Kenya K003361425 Yes
Sayalel, P.O. [5154] Tanzania K003361477 Yes
Sillitoe, F. [51] Sudan K003325873 Yes
Rees, A.F. [160] Tanzania K003361480 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [T97] Tanzania K003361475 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3517] Tanzania K003361484 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [A[H]9539] Kenya K003361469 Yes
Evans, I.B.P.; Erens, J. [1157] Kenya K003361423 Yes
s.coll. [A1] Ethiopia K003325887 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Host, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6824] Ethiopia K003325878 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23979] Tanzania K003361473 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 2531] Uganda K003361399 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [K79a] Kenya K003361444 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [K35] Kenya K003361445 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [891] Kenya K003361458 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [A111a] Zambia K003570589 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Kenya K003361410 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A1080] Sudan K003325877 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Luke, P.A.; Stoibeger, S. [16962] Tanzania K003361492 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [2573] Ethiopia K003325897 Yes
Wood, D. [707] Kenya K003361412 Yes
Parker, C. [E185] Ethiopia K003325905 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Host, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6761] Ethiopia K003325884 Yes
Pappi, A. [9] Eritrea K003325881 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [K102] Kenya K003361446 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1224] Uganda K003361394 Yes
Och, R.E.; Fries, C.E. [849] Kenya K003361435 Yes
Evans, I.B.P.; Erens, J. [1386] Kenya K003361426 Yes
Phillips, S.M. [158] Ethiopia K003325882 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [352] Kenya K003361434 Yes
Taylor, H.J. [1309] Kenya K003361432 Yes
Brodhurst-Hill [563] Kenya K003361429 Yes
Dowson, W.J. [115] Kenya K003361433 Yes
Stewart [438] Kenya K003361448 Yes
Holst, C. [8977] Tanzania K003361479 Yes
[Quorten Dellon]; Petit [s.n.] Ethiopia K003325902 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Pegler, D.N.; Abdallah, R.A. [1780] Tanzania K003361491 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1417] Zambia K003570591 Yes
Eichinger [5665] Tanzania K003361495 Yes
Allen, J.A. [108] Kenya K003361442 Yes
{Sandford in Mooney} [7402] Ethiopia K003325885 Yes
Mogk, M. [48] Ethiopia K003325893 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24155] Tanzania K003361488 Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs.) [2706] Ethiopia K003325898 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [753] Kenya K003361452 Yes
Brunt, M. [s.n.] Kenya K003361455 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2310] Ethiopia K003325888 Yes
Peter, G.A. [38772] Tanzania K003361472 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Uganda K001666247 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Pegler, D.N.; Abdallah, R.A. [1762] Tanzania K003361496 Yes
Troupin, G. [1185] Sudan K003325876 Yes
Kassner, T. [951] Kenya K003361453 Yes
Leippert [5146] Kenya K003361449 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 481] Kenya K003361408 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1000] Kenya K003361460 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5042] Tanzania K000190270 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [2774] Ethiopia K003325907 Yes
Moreau; Moreau [37] Tanzania K003361485 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8911] Ethiopia K003325895 Yes
Wood, G. [711] Uganda K003361398 Yes
Mesfin, T.; Kagnew, G.Y. [1810] Ethiopia K003325908 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Semon, F.; Jensen, M.; Gashaw, M. [7830] Ethiopia K003325883 Yes
Williams, G.R. [183] Kenya K003361420 Yes
s.coll. [432] Kenya K003361447 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24074] Tanzania K003361486 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24103] Tanzania K003361489 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1741] Eritrea K003325879 Yes
{W. J. J. O. de Wilde; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E.; de Wilde, W.} [7917] Ethiopia K003325906 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9580] Kenya K003361403 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Gilbert, M. [274] Ethiopia K003325899 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1877] Kenya K003361470 Yes
Faden, R.B. [69/151] Kenya K003361404 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4271] Zambia K003570590 Yes
Gereau, R.; Lovett, J. [2429] Tanzania K003361474 Yes
s.coll. [1064] Kenya K003361467 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [808] Ethiopia K003325894 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4054] Tanzania K003361483 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 330] Uganda K003361400 Yes
Semple, A.T. [33] Ethiopia K003325903 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1033] Kenya K003361406 Yes
Braun, A. [s.n.] Ethiopia K000366405 Type Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [T82] Tanzania K003361481 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1151] Kenya K003361405 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [796] Tanzania K003361476 Yes
Fröman, B. [3317] Ethiopia K003325874 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [363] Kenya K003361451 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24736] Kenya K003361414 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1121] Zambia K003570592 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3342] Kenya K003361454 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [2070] Tanzania K003361493 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Kabuye, C.H.S. [71/558] Kenya K003361463 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24140] Tanzania K003361487 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH 9581] Kenya K003361471 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1196] Kenya K003361456 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [2928] Ethiopia K003325900 Yes
Sillitoe, F. [37] Sudan K003325875 Yes
Geesteranus, R.A.M. [6098] Kenya K003361422 Yes
Raynal, J. [20781] Rwanda K003344739 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9582] Kenya K003361402 Yes

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