Poaceae
Acroceras

Acroceras amplectens Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 625 (1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to SW. Ethiopia and Tanzania. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • Geerinck, D. (1971). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Hypoxidaceae: 1-9. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • 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.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 18
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 404.
  • in F.T.A. 9: 625 (1920)

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • 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.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 435 (1972).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 386 (1956).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 625 (1920).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2005 Darbyshire, I. [321] Cameroon K000199954 Yes
Ern, H.; Leuenberger, B.; Scholz, H.; Scholz, U.; Schwarz, W. [1909] Togo K002828092 Yes
Venderyst, H. [4118] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000282294 Syntype Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7302] Tanzania K002828342 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [985] Cote d'Ivoire K002828070 Yes
Letouzey, R. [7227] Cameroon K002828238 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K002828080 Yes
Lécard [246] Mali K000282284 Syntype Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [326] Nigeria K002828104 Yes
Davey, J.T. [017] K002828234 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [112] K002828232 Yes
Davey, J.T. [189] K002828235 Yes
Kalema, J. [3337] Uganda K002828341 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [86] Sierra Leone K002828068 Yes
Germain, R. [6871] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002828246 Yes
Jones, T.S. [383] Sierra Leone K002828063 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7643] Sudan K002828324 Yes
Macluskie, H. [8] K002828226 Yes
s.coll. [219] Nigeria K002828106 Yes
[J. C. S. Sowyer] [K33] Nigeria K002828098 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K002828093 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Madsen, J.E.; Traoré, S.A. [16846] K002828222 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [409] Cote d'Ivoire K002828069 Yes
Pobéguin [1713] Guinea K000282287 Type Yes
Germain, R. [5996] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002828244 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6722] Tanzania K002828343 Yes
Letouzey, R. [13331] Cameroon K002828239 Yes
Friis, I.; Awas, T.; Gashaw Gibre-Hiwot [8165] Ethiopia K002828326 Yes
Meurillon, A. [CNAD415] Cameroon K002828237 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [4553] Ghana K002828078 Yes
[N. W. Thomas] [2330] Sierra Leone K002828067 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [242] Nigeria K002828102 Yes
Evrard, C. [6131] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002828247 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [FCD803] Sierra Leone K002828066 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K002828086 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [6] K002828227 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [30244] Ghana K002828087 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL590] Sierra Leone K002828064 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2330] Sudan K000282290 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adam, J.G. [18054] K002828224 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC9839] Ghana K002828084 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3044] Central African Republic K002828243 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K002828081 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3125] Central African Republic K002828242 Yes
Freeman, W.E. [S144] Nigeria K002828097 Yes
Meijer, W. [15018] Cameroon K002828240 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [5808] K000282293 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aké Assi, L. [6313] Burkina Faso K002828077 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [5409] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002828245 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3307] Ghana K002828082 Yes
[G. Sachson]; [Apejoye] [28973] Nigeria K002828101 Yes
Davey, J.T. [197] K002828236 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [107] K002828233 Yes
Sihvonen, J. [175] Burkina Faso K002828074 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC302] Nigeria K002828096 Yes
Chevalier, A. [2188] Senegal K000282288 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pirie, J. [52/33] K002828228 Yes
Hagerup, O. [677] Nigeria K002828103 Yes
Watt; Victoria [M28-C042] K002828230 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9988] Burundi K002828248 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [275] Ghana K002828089 Yes
Naegelé, A. [BF/84/20] Burkina Faso K002828073 Yes
Mordant, J. [18260] Burkina Faso K002828071 Yes
Venderyst, H. [4145] K000282296 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Scholz] [s.n.] Burkina Faso K002828075 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3331] Central African Republic K002828241 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32695] Ghana K002828083 Yes
Gillet, J. [2704] K000282297 Unknown Type Material Yes
Venderyst, H. [4144] K000282295 Unknown Type Material Yes
Saudou, M. [[145]] Niger K002828091 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/244] South Sudan K002828322 Yes
Chevalier, A. [2187] Mali K000282285 Type Yes
[Nuiazi Zolee] [761] Nigeria K002828100 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K002828085 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [3642] K000282298 Unknown Type Material Yes
Broadbent, J.A. (Dr.) [142] K002828223 Yes
Scholz, U.; Koumassi, P.; Kuhn, H.; Peuker, H. [235] Togo K002828095 Yes
Elgaard Madsen, J. [5328] K002828221 Yes
Chevalier, A. [5574] K000282289 Unknown Type Material Yes
Deighton, F.C.; Rhind, D. [5604] Sierra Leone K002828065 Yes
[Capt. W. P. B. Beal] [28] Ghana K002828090 Yes
[M. N. Harrison] [1045] South Sudan K002828323 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [[24600]] Burkina Faso K002828076 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [6697] Nigeria K002828105 Yes
Scholz, U.; Koumassi, P.; Kuhn, H.; Peuker, H. [109] Togo K002828094 Yes
[Soholz] [s.n.] Burkina Faso K002828072 Yes
Pobéguin [1713] Guinea K000282286 Type Yes
Rose Innes, R. [30219] Ghana K002828088 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7553] Sudan K002828325 Yes
Watt; Victoria [M02-C004] K002828229 Yes
Terry, P.J. [3161] K002828225 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [FHI46608] Nigeria K002828099 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [4717] Ghana K002828079 Yes

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    • '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.
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