Aristida mutabilis Trin. & Rupr.

First published in Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 150 (1842)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sahara to NW. India and Tanzania. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • 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.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 47
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 407
  • De Miré & Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 727.
  • Henrard in Med. Rijks Herb. 58: 186
  • Sp. Gram. Stip. 150 (1842)
  • incl. var. nigritiana (Hack.) Bourreil in Taxon 18: 518 (1969)
  • incl. var. senegalensis Trin. & Rupr. Sp. Gram. Stip. 151 (1842)

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.
  • 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.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • 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]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 33 (1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 23 (1965).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 397 (1956).
  • Trin. & Rupr., Sp. Gram. Stip.: 150 (1842).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1966 Leippert [5475] Tanzania K000366779 Type Yes
Bradley, P.N. [018] Niger K003376064 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21336] India K003943452 Yes
Adam, J.G. [13390] Mauritania K003376006 Yes
Maxwell Darling, R.C. [126] Sudan K003097190 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [33] K003943206 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traore, S. [17944] Senegal K003376014 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003376037 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [950] Sudan K003097208 Yes
Gugyum, A.W. [126] Nigeria K003376071 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [16998] Senegal K003376013 Yes
s.coll. [[6]] India K003943448 Yes
Yeates, M.N.D. [16] Sudan K003097204 Yes
Peers, A.W. [s.n.] Sudan K003097189 Yes
s.coll. [2] Mali K003376031 Yes
Adam, J.G. [13097] K003376016 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. Yemen K003942809 Yes
Gilliland Saudi Arabia K003942812 Yes
Collenette, I.S. Saudi Arabia K003942794 Yes
Lefrieur [s.n.] Senegal K003376012 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [967] Sudan K003097194 Yes
{Rossetti} [94] Mali K003376025 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3644] Senegal K003376018 Yes
Bisset, E. Yemen K003942806 Yes
s.coll. [3467] Chad K003376286 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [400] Sudan K003097200 Yes
Hepper, F.N. Yemen K003942804 Yes
Pfund [449] Sudan K003097185 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [s.n.] Niger K003376044 Yes
Wilshire, T. [4] Sudan K003097212 Yes
Bernays, E.A. [9] Mali K003376027 Yes
Crowfoot, E.M. [21] Sudan K003097207 Yes
[M. Gabr-Soher] Egypt K003942828 Yes
Trott, A.C. [66] Saudi Arabia K000906055 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2779A] Sudan K003097192 Yes
Davey, J.T. [16] Mali K003376034 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003943444 Yes
Leclercq, A. [42718] Mali K003376032 Yes
Wiltshire, T. [2] Sudan K003097211 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3719] Mauritania K003376009 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2347] Sudan K003097198 Yes
Golding, F. [15] Nigeria K003376070 Yes
Pratt Yemen K003942805 Yes
Mosnier, M. Saudi Arabia K003942796 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942789 Yes
Wiltshire, T. [2] Sudan K003097214 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [79] Mali K003376026 Yes
Collenette, I.S. Saudi Arabia K003942788 Yes
s.coll. [4882] Libya K003943209 Yes
Hepper, F.N. Yemen K003942803 Yes
Bantha, R. [95] Niger K003376066 Yes
Saadou, M. [1889] Niger K003376052 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traore, S. [17906] Senegal K003376015 Yes
Davey, J.T. [206] Mali K003376022 Yes
Leprieur [s.n.] Senegal K000366823 Type Yes
Diallo, D.; Hveem, B.; Mahmoud, M.A. [286bh] Mali K003376028 Yes
Murray, G.W. Egypt K003942827 Yes
Wiltshire, T. [4] Sudan K003097213 Yes
Smith, K.G. Saudi Arabia K003942800 Yes
Money-Kyrle, A.F. [Sah41] Niger K003376041 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942778 Yes
Virgo, K.J. [17] Niger K003376069 Yes
Saadou, M. [1838] Niger K003376055 Yes
Parlatore Egypt K003942830 Yes
Smith, K.G. Saudi Arabia K003942799 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [[4304]] India K003943447 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942781 Yes
Money-Kyrle, A.F. [Fe16] Niger K003376040 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003376036 Yes
Rossetti, C. [61/281] Mauritania K003376011 Yes
Khattab Egypt K003942825 Yes
Collenette, I.S. Saudi Arabia K003942797 Yes
Heller, T.M.; Keogh, N.J.; El-Keblawy, A. United Arab Emirates K003942823 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942790 Yes
Ali, S. [26063] Pakistan K003943439 Yes
Maxwell Darling, R.C. Yemen K003942810 Yes
Newby, J.E. [2859] Niger K003376058 Yes
Saadou, M. [2206] Niger K003376047 Yes
Collenette, I.S. Saudi Arabia K003942798 Yes
Bradley, P.N. [01] Niger K003376065 Yes
Cope, T.A. Oman K003942814 Yes
Mohammad, J. [8062] Pakistan K003943437 Yes
Carter [1809] Sudan K003097216 Yes
Fernandez, J. Oman K003942822 Yes
Saadou, M. [1814] Niger K003376056 Yes
{Rossetti} [I69] Mali K003376024 Yes
Schimper, W. [2198] Ethiopia K000366843 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parker, C. [2043] Niger K003376061 Yes
Herb. Wight [[3295]] India K003943442 Yes
Olufsen, O. [260] Mali K003376020 Yes
s.coll. [4957] Libya K003943210 Yes
Saadou, M. [1804] Niger K003376054 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. Oman K003942815 Yes
Thesiger, W. Saudi Arabia K003942818 Yes
Consul [illegible] [s.n.] Sudan K003097202 Yes
Saadou, M. [2189] Niger K003376043 Yes
Herb. Wight [s.n.] India K003943441 Yes
Saadou, M. [2212] Niger K003376046 Yes
Leman, N. [287] Niger K003376048 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942780 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [s.n.] Sudan K003097184 Yes
Birdwood, W.S. Yemen K003942813 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [3905] Sudan K003097201 Yes
s.coll. [[91]] India K003943446 Yes
Saadou, M. [2288] Niger K003376049 Yes
Adam, J.G. [218141] Mauritania K003943207 Yes
Newby, J.E. [2P138] Niger K003376057 Yes
Gilles [119] Ethiopia K000366842 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper, W. [2132] Ethiopia K000366844 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tackholm, V.; Kassas, M.; Samy, M.; Girgis, W.A.; Zahran, M.A. Egypt K003942829 Yes
[S. A. Faroogi]; Qaiser, M. [2177] Pakistan K003943440 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942785 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. Saudi Arabia K003942792 Yes
Bradley, P.N. [017] Niger K003376062 Yes
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. Yemen K003942807 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [W42] Nigeria K003376072 Yes
McLeish, I. Oman K003942816 Yes
Fernandez, J. Oman K003942820 Yes
Saadou, M. [2212] Niger K003376051 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. Oman K003942817 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942783 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K003943450 Yes
[C. I. P. A. S.] [60I] Mali K003376033 Yes
Bradley, P.N. [012] Niger K003376063 Yes
Lawton, R.M. Oman K003942819 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003097196 Yes
Kotschy [103] Ethiopia K000366841 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [103] Ethiopia K000366840 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carter [1949] Sudan K003097210 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942784 Yes
Mosnier, M. Saudi Arabia K003942795 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942777 Yes
Harrison, M.N.H. [1324] Sudan K003097205 Yes
Arvidsson, I. [52] Mauritania K003376007 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2517] Egypt K000244962 Unknown Type Material Yes
Qaiser, M.; Ghafoor, A.; Husain, A. [3709] Pakistan K003943438 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [999] Sudan K003097206 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942782 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Sudan K003097186 Yes
H.B.J. [s.n.] Sudan K003097181 Yes
Davies, R. [10B] Niger K003376068 Yes
Davey, J.T. [I47] Mali K003376023 Yes
Khattab Egypt K003942826 Yes
Wiltshire, T. [2] Sudan K003097193 Yes
Janaki Ammal, E.K. [s.n.] India K003943451 Yes
Smith, K.G. Saudi Arabia K003942801 Yes
Everett, C.B. [6] Niger K003376045 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942791 Yes
Rossetti, C. [61/336] Mauritania K003376010 Yes
Lean, O.B. [79] Niger K003376019 Yes
Davies, R.; Baker, R.; Dear, W.H. [17B] Niger K003376067 Yes
Thesiger, W. Saudi Arabia K003942802 Yes
Leclercq, A. [42638] Mali K003376021 Yes
Money-Kyrle, A.F. [Fe7] Niger K003376039 Yes
Fernandez, J. Oman K003942821 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [3013] Sudan K003097215 Yes
s.coll. [3724] K003943208 Yes
Rowaished, A.K.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A.; Salman, B. Yemen K003942808 Yes
s.coll. [4825] Sudan K003097182 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942779 Yes
Kotschy [54] Sudan K000366845 Unknown Type Material Yes
Newby, J.E. [2P6] Niger K003376060 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [290] Nigeria K003376073 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003097197 Yes
s.coll. [14324] India K003943449 Yes
[Edow Foumd Atlon] [58] Niger K003376053 No
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003097187 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2759] Sudan K003097203 Yes
Addei, A.K. [SLUS761] Ghana K003376038 Yes
Adam, J.G. [21780-5] Mauritania K003376008 Yes
Barber, C.A. [4449] India K003943445 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Senegal K003376017 Yes
Saadou, M. [2268] Niger K003376050 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003943443 Yes
Carter [1907] Sudan K003097209 Yes
Vaillant, A. [2590] Niger K003376042 Yes
Goddard, A. Saudi Arabia K003942775 Yes
s.coll. Saudi Arabia K003942776 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1545] Sudan K003097195 Yes
Trott, A.C. Saudi Arabia K003942786 Yes
Newby, J.E. [2P57] Niger K003376059 Yes
Meinertzhagen [s.n.] Sudan K003097191 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003097183 Yes
Boudet, G. [5764] Mali K003376035 Yes
Fayed, A. Saudi Arabia K003942787 Yes
Leprieur [s.n.] Senegal K000366824 Type Yes
H.B.F. [s.n.] Sudan K003097188 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. Saudi Arabia K003942793 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.A. [94] K000906056 Isotype Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [s.n.] Aristida articulata K000906043 Unknown Type Material Yes

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