Poaceae
Melinis
Melinis repens

Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora (Hochst.) Zizka

First published in Biblioth. Bot. 38(138): 60 (1988)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Africa to Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1987 unknown [254] Yemen K000244622 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dinter [2478] Namibia K000281655 Type Yes
Peters Mozambique K000282229 Isotype Yes
Godding, H.C. [191] Somalia K002837597 No
Cabo Verde K000281706 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wickens, G.E. [771] Sudan K002837581 No
Wickens, G.E. [2558] Sudan K002837577 No
Fleming, J. [s.n.] Sudan K002837572 No
Hudleston, J. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002837639 No
Michelmore, A.P.G. [s.n.] Sudan K002837573 No
Dinter [3331] Namibia K000281661 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002838433 No
Welwitsch [2610] Angola K000281680 Type No
Schweinfurth, G. [467] Yemen K000244616 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harrison, M.N. [90] Sudan K002837579 No
[1579] Namibia K000281615 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dinter [2479] Namibia K000281619 Isolectotype Yes
Morgenstern Namibia K000281614 Isotype Yes
Bertling, F. [10a] Namibia K000281644 Isosyntype Yes
Gossweiler, J. [1660a] Angola K002838440 No
Dinter [1614] Namibia K000281663 Type Yes
Brockman, D. [116] Somalia K002837598 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [832] Botswana K002838442 No
Wickens, G.E. [2098] Sudan K002837576 No
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3293] Zambia K002838437 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [1170] Zambia K002838436 No
Schafter [17] Namibia K000281645 Type Yes
Horning in Herb. Waibel [154] Angola K000281679 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4266] Somalia K002837601 No
Dinter [2896] Namibia K000281613 Holotype Yes
Griffiths, R. [95] Somalia K002837600 No
Dinter [2425] Namibia K000281649 Unknown Type Material Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [s.n.] Sudan K002837582 No
Schimper [205] Ethiopia K000282106 Isosyntype Yes
Schimper [205] Ethiopia K000282107 Type Yes
Engler, A. [6731] Namibia K000281652 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robertson, F.J. [624] Botswana K002838443 No
Range, P. [1012] Namibia K000281646 Isotype Yes
Range, P. [1012] Namibia K000281648 Type Yes
Dinter [2477] Namibia K000281660 Type Yes
Blair, I.J. [198] Sudan K002837575 No
Bolle, C. Cabo Verde K000281711 Unknown Type Material Yes
Belck [70] Namibia K000281662 Unknown Type Material Yes
Range, P. [1012a] Namibia K000281651 Type Yes
Range, P. [1012a] Namibia K000281650 Type Yes
unknown [124] Yemen K000244617 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schinz, H. [631] South Africa K000281620 Type Yes
Waibel [57] Namibia K000281658 Isosyntype Yes
Myers, J.G. [14006] Sudan K002837578 No
Seiner [388] Namibia K000281654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [831] Botswana K002838441 No
Dinter [2093] Namibia K000281653 Type Yes
Wilms, F. [1674b] South Africa K000281627 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ironside Wood, J.R. [S/72/101] Somalia K002837599 No
Waibel, L. [56] Namibia K000281616 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2691] Botswana K002838445 No
Schimper, W.P. [325] Ethiopia K002837644 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [2452] Angola K000281678 Unknown Type Material Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [A309] Zambia K002838438 No
Schweinfurth, G. [353] Yemen K000244619 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [5438] Zimbabwe K002838435 No
Dinter [2435] Namibia K000281618 Paratype Yes
Galpin, E.E. [8876] South Africa K000281628 Unknown Type Material Yes
Waibel [96] Namibia K000281659 Type Yes
Engler, A. [6371] Namibia K000281617 Paratype Yes
Range, P. [1406] Namibia K000281647 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [7880] Zimbabwe K002838434 No
Wickens, G.E. [00782] Sudan K002837580 No
Ellis, R.P. [2770] Zimbabwe K002838432 No
Welwitsch [2653] Angola K000281682 Isosyntype No
Kotschy [370] Sudan K000282104 Type Yes
Kotschy [370] Sudan K000282105 Type Yes
Andrews, F.W. [3207] Sudan K002837574 No
Smith, P.A. [3087] Botswana K002838444 No
Seiner [425] Namibia K000281657 Type Yes
Gossweiler, J. [1660a] Angola K002838439 No
Wilms, F. [1674a] South Africa K000281626 Type Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [1277] Somalia K002837596 No
Hooker, J.D. [99] Cabo Verde K000281707 Type Yes
Seiner [167] Namibia K000281656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malato-Beliz; Guerra, J.A. [293] Cabo Verde Melinis villosa K002837220 No
Gray [s.n.] Cabo Verde Melinis villosa K002837217 No
Malato-Beliz; Guerra, J.A. [73] Cabo Verde Melinis villosa K002837218 No
Cardoso [236] Cabo Verde Melinis villosa K002837216 No
Malato-Beliz; Guerra, J.A. [174] Cabo Verde Melinis villosa K002837221 No
Malato-Beliz; Guerra, J.A. [196] Cabo Verde Melinis villosa K002837219 No

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0