Poaceae

Anthephora Schreb.

First published in Beschr. Gräs. 2: 105 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America, Africa to Iran. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Angola, Aruba, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Malawi, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Palestine, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Burundi, Florida, Hawaii

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Beschr. Gräser 2: 105 (1810)
  • F.T.A. 9: 933 (1930).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Beschr. Gräser 2: 105 (1779).

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beschr. Gräser 2: 105 (1810).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2015 Schlechter, F.R.R. [12508] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000281098 Isolectotype Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Gardner [1191] Brazil K001055301 Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Gardner [1191] Brazil K001055300 Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Ridley; Lea; Ramage [157] Brazil K001055302 Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Ridley; Lea; Ramage [157] Brazil K001055303 Yes
Wilman, M. [2203] South Africa K000281064 Isotype Yes
Wilman, M. [2203] South Africa K000281065 Type Yes
Wilman, M. [2203] South Africa K000281062 Type Yes
Schinz, H. [610] Namibia K000281068 Type Yes
Wilman, M. South Africa K000281063 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [2415] South Africa K000281066 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fleck, D. Namibia K000281067 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • 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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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