Poaceae
Agrostis

Agrostis gracilifolia C.E.Hubb.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 307 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Tanzania. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.1. epublication.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 32 (1958).
  • C. E. Hubbard in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1936: 307 (1936)
  • C. E. Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 10: 190 (1937).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 1 (1947).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 14 (1960).
  • O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants p. 49, 261 (1957).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1954 Fries, R.E. [1284], Kenya K000367443 Yes
Fries, R.E. [1386], Kenya K000367442 Yes
Johnston, H. B. [876], Kenya K000367445 Unknown type material Yes
Liebenberg, L. C. C. [1689], Kenya K000367447 Unknown type material Yes
Liebenberg, L. C. C. [1689], Kenya K000367448 Unknown type material Yes
Fishlock [111], Uganda K000367449 Unknown type material Yes
Fishlock [111], Uganda K000367450 Yes
Taylor, G. [3703], Kenya K000367444 Yes
Fries, R.E. [1374], Kenya K000367441 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0