Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) A.Camus

First published in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 76: 165 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sicilia, S. Greece, Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

New Caledonia, New Guinea, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. 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.
  • 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.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. 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.
  • 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.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Robyns, W. (1929). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1: 1-229. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2013). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 2. Willdenowia 43: 239-249.

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?
Myre, M.; Balsinhas, A. [1622] Mozambique K002381881 Yes
Gelert, O. [s.n.] Spain K002380150 Yes
Perrottet [1314] India K002380476 Yes
s.coll. [FAO 3442] Morocco K002380148 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Balsinhas, A. [100] Mozambique K002381883 Yes
Todaro [s.n.] Italy K003164845 Yes
Perrottet [1311] India K002380478 Yes
Schmid, B. [s.n.] India K002380479 Yes
Ross, H. [293] Italy K003164847 Yes
Bourne [1255] India K002380488 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [15321] India K002380472 Yes
Schimper [80] Ethiopia K000280711 Type Yes
Schimper [80] Ethiopia K000280709 Isotype Yes
Schimper [80] Ethiopia K000280710 Type Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [26] Ethiopia K002381390 Yes
Todaro [140] Italy K003164842 Yes
Ahti, T. [16350] Sudan K002381380 No
Bourne [1028] India K002380485 Yes
Bourne [1027] India K002380484 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15440] Ethiopia K002381386 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7498] Sudan K002381369 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2066] Yemen K002380032 Yes
Burger, W. [2963] Ethiopia K002381389 Yes
Bourne [1943] India K002380491 Yes
Bourne [1943] India K002380492 Yes
Perrottet [1311] India K002380475 Yes
Bourne [1028] India K002380487 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5463] Saudi Arabia K002380028 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [9018] Saudi Arabia K002380026 Yes
Edwards, S.; Tewolde-Berhan, G.E. [3883] Ethiopia K002381385 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1871] Ethiopia K002381388 No
Iecama [G-37] Ethiopia K002381393 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [323] Sudan K002381373 Yes
A.F. [s.n.] India K002380474 Yes
Bourne [1340] India K002380489 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1937] Yemen K002380029 Yes
Zunguze, D.; Mafumo, A. [269] Mozambique K002381877 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002380464 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2261] Sudan K002381378 No
Groenendijk, E.M.C. [1628] Mozambique K002381885 Yes
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [8884] Nepal K002380463 Yes
Groenendijk, E.M.C. [1628] Mozambique K002381884 Yes
Myers, J.G. [9921] Sudan K002381374 Yes
Bourne [5236] India K002380470 Yes
Todaro [s.n.] Italy K003164840 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4615] Yemen K002380033 Yes
Iecama [F-87] Ethiopia K002381391 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Italy K003164841 Yes
Todaro [s.n.] Italy K003164846 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [25064] India K002380467 Yes
Sillitoe, F. [47] Sudan K002381368 Yes
s.coll. [1478] India K002380481 Yes
Iecama [F-88] Ethiopia K002381392 Yes
{W. J. J. O. de Wilde; Wilde-Duyfjes de, B.E.E.} [7810] Ethiopia K002381394 Yes
Bourne [1028] India K002380486 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23945] India K002380469 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/49] South Sudan K002381375 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1441] Ethiopia K002381395 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6130] Yemen K002380030 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2714] Sudan K002381379 No
Wickens, G.E. [1895] Sudan K002381377 No
Ryding, O. [1380] Ethiopia K002381383 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A3594] Sudan K002381370 Yes
Drège South Africa K000280712 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002380483 Yes
Spellenberg, R. [s.n.] Yemen K002380031 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1421] Ethiopia K002381397 No
Gamble, J.S. [20720] India K002380473 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Italy K001057433 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Gobal carnor] [s.n.] Italy K003164843 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1211] Ethiopia K002381382 No
Pedro; Pedrogao [1404] Mozambique K002381879 Yes
Lid, J. [s.n.] Spain K002380151 Yes
Wingate, G. [s.n.] India K002380468 Yes
Bourne [1340] India K002380490 Yes
Perrottet, G.S. [1311] India K002380471 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Italy K003164844 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [[3692X]] Saudi Arabia K002380027 Yes
Blair, I.J. [258] Sudan K002381371 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Italy K001057434 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blair, I.J. [1] Sudan K002381381 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2580] Sudan K002381376 No
Myre, M.; Balsinhas, A. [1463A] Mozambique K002381882 Yes
s.coll. [1695] K001057473 Unknown Type Material Yes
Guyer, H. (Dr) [16] India K002380465 Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [918] India K000245664 Type Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [918] India K001057474 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peers, A.W. [K09] Sudan K002381372 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Balsinhas, A. [100] Mozambique K002381878 Yes
Torre, A.R. [1846] Mozambique K002381880 Yes
[Balhati, J.] [s.n.] Eritrea K002381384 Yes
Schmitt [s.n.] India K002380480 Yes
Iecama [G-II] Ethiopia K002381387 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [1407] India K002380477 Yes
Burger, W. [900] Ethiopia K002381396 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [3188] India K002380482 Yes
s.coll. [3394] India K001739972 Yes
Johnson, C. [G 387] India K002380466 Yes

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