Poaceae
Chloris

Chloris pilosa Schumach.

First published in Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 55 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde, Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

Introduced into:

Germany, Mauritius, Northern Territory

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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].
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • 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.
  • Oulo, M., Hu, G.W. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Graminae Tribu XXX. Cynodonteae: 1-139. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 399.
  • Beskr. Guin. Pl. 55 (1827)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 400 (1972).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 418 (1956).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 22 (1960).
  • Schumach., Beskr. Gum. Pl.: 55 (1827).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1959 Maitland, T.D. [9] Cameroon K000182255 No
Baldwin, J.T. [5714] Senegal K002883022 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24934] Uganda K002883841 No
Cartwright, T. [27] Sudan K002883427 No
Thorold, C.A. [214] Ghana K002883080 Yes
Toll, J. [s.n.] Chad K002883207 Yes
Ariwaodo, J.O. [ARS1277] Nigeria K002883120 Yes
Mann [118] Equatorial Guinea K002883256 No
Terry, P.J. Gambia, The K002883027 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [982] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883254 No
Pappi, A. [174] Eritrea K002883446 No
De Giorgi [1299] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883245 No
Drissa Diallo; Hveem, B.; Mahhood, M.A. Gambia, The K002883026 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K002883110 Yes
Moller, A. [s.n.] K002883257 No
Rose Innes, R. [30250] Ghana K002883078 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [305] Nigeria K002883106 Yes
MacGregor, W. [28] Nigeria K000365105 Type Yes
Myers, J.G. [6893] Sudan K002883433 No
Rose Innes, R. Ghana K002883064 Yes
Daggash, M. [FHI 24890] Nigeria K002883116 Yes
R. T. L. [s.n.] K000365099 Type Yes
s.coll. [3064] Sudan K002883425 No
Thomas, N.W. [s.n.] Nigeria K002883109 Yes
Scholz K002883056 Yes
Pobeguin, M. Guinea K002883036 Yes
Thornton, D.D. [59] Uganda K002883845 No
Pobeguin, M. Guinea K002883034 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. Liberia K002883053 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002881697 Yes
Pobeguin, M. Guinea K002883035 Yes
Linder, D.H. Liberia K002883050 Yes
Lombardi [[415]] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883241 Yes
Saunders, D.H. Gambia, The K002883024 Yes
Palmer, J.H. [9] Nigeria K002883119 Yes
Golding, F. [6] Nigeria K002883097 Yes
Fay, J.M.; Doka, J. [4410] Central African Republic K002883212 Yes
Lely, H.V. [752] Nigeria K002883102 Yes
Troupin, G. [1515] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883234 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1006] Ethiopia K002883448 No
s.coll. [739] Nigeria K002883113 Yes
s.coll. Ghana K002883075 Yes
Rose Innes, R. Ghana K002883068 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K002883840 No
Van de Rijst [7955] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883233 Yes
Germain, R. [1695] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883253 No
Wickens, G.E. [2279] Sudan K002883440 No
Farrow, R.A. Mali K002883029 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [4424] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883237 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7430] Sudan K002883432 No
Reekmans, M. [8185] Burundi K002883231 Yes
Cowie, I.D. [4740] Australia K002882309 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [FHI 46540] Nigeria K002883117 Yes
Sihuonen, J. Burkina Faso K002883063 Yes
Biswas [s.n.] Nigeria K002883103 Yes
Troupin, G. [1962] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883236 Yes
Blair, I.J. [133] Sudan K002883439 No
s.coll. [1481] Cameroon K002883224 Yes
Vigne, C. [286] Ghana K002883079 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3471] Ghana K002883082 Yes
Deighton, F.C. Sierra Leone K002883042 Yes
Goodall, D.W. Ghana K002883076 Yes
Rose Innes, R. Ghana K002883072 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [4422] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883255 No
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K002883438 No
Deighton, F.C. Sierra Leone K002883040 Yes
Lebrun, J. [450] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883242 No
Sherif, I.M. [A2862] Sudan K002883424 No
Kalema, J. [3198] Uganda K002883838 No
[M. N. Harrison] [75] Sudan K002883430 No
Davey, J.T. [27119] Nigeria K002883092 Yes
Harker, K.W. [399] Uganda K002883844 No
Hepper, F.N. Sierra Leone K002883043 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [809] Tanzania K002883854 No
Vanderyst [298] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883251 No
McClintock, A. (Miss) [89] Cameroon K002883210 Yes
Deighton, F.C. Sierra Leone K002883041 Yes
Rose Innes, R. Ghana K002883073 Yes
Dummer, R. [1253] Uganda K002883839 No
s.coll. [1207] Uganda K002883842 No
s.coll. [496] Niger K002883114 Yes
Letouzey, R.; Koechlin, J. [6316] Cameroon K002883229 No
Morton, J.K. Ghana K002883069 Yes
Fay, J.M. [2709] Central African Republic K002883213 Yes
Nicholson, B.D. [29] Tanzania K002883856 No
Adjanohoun Cote d'Ivoire K002883055 Yes
Deighton, F.C. Sierra Leone K002883039 Yes
Saunders, D.H. Gambia, The K002883023 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [13519] Ghana K002883083 Yes
s.coll. [612770] K002883223 Yes
Meurillon, A.; et al. [1906] Gabon K002883221 Yes
Langdale-Brown [2160] Uganda K002883852 No
Shantz, H.L. [567] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883239 Yes
Lynn, C.W. Ghana K002883071 Yes
Taylor, C.B. [20] Nigeria K002883112 Yes
Broadbent, J.A. (Dr.) [79] Senegal K002883019 Yes
[Flouiuqsu] [499] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883250 No
Stage, E. [73] Togo K002883088 Yes
Saunders, L.H. [s.n.] Nigeria K002883096 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1058] Uganda K002883846 No
Glanville, R.R. Sierra Leone K002883038 Yes
Blake, S.T. [17349] Australia K002882308 Yes
Baikie [s.n.] Nigeria K002883094 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1042A] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883246 No
Baldwin (Jr.), J.T. Guinea K002883033 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. Cote d'Ivoire K002883061 Yes
Lowe, R., T. [s. K000365100 Unknown Type Material No
Lely, H.V. [419] Nigeria K002883101 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7537] Tanzania K002883857 No
Adam, J.G. [2270] Senegal K002883018 Yes
s.coll. Cote d'Ivoire K002883062 Yes
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [870] Togo K002883087 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K002883444 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. Mali K002883030 Yes
Saadou, M. [521] Niger K002883091 Yes
Troupin, G. [1962] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883252 No
Baldwin, J.T. Liberia K002883052 Yes
Saunders, D.H. Gambia, The K002883025 Yes
Davey, J.T. Mali K002883032 Yes
Meurillon, A. [664] Cameroon K002883225 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1207] Uganda K002883847 No
Rossetti, C. [61/172] Mauritania K002883015 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2283] Sudan K002883435 No
Swainson [s.n.] Brazil K001102108 Yes
[C. D. R.] [[S2]] Cabo Verde K002883014 Yes
[Stanleypovl] [331] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883238 Yes
Corbisier-Baland [1051] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883232 Yes
Meyers, J.G. [6783] Sudan K002883431 No
Fay, J.M. [3332] Central African Republic K002883215 Yes
Lynes, H. [521] Sudan K002883442 No
Hepper, F.N. [1291] Nigeria K002883211 Yes
[Babiker Beshie] [119] Sudan K002883441 No
Davey, J.T. Mali K002883031 Yes
Broadbent, J.A. (Dr.) [161] Senegal K002883020 Yes
Tessmann, G. [2510] Cameroon K002883222 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabia, G.K. [4341] Ghana K002883081 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K002883443 No
Morton; Jarr Sierra Leone K002883037 Yes
Gbile; Daramola [FHI 64134] Nigeria K002883098 Yes
s.coll. [1093] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883243 No
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K002883851 No
Bates, G.L. [45] Cameroon K002883226 Yes
H.B.J. [1093] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883244 No
Baldwin, J.T. Liberia K002883054 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [304] Nigeria K002883107 Yes
[F. Menston] [24] Benin K002883089 Yes
Scholz K002883057 Yes
Hall, J.B. Ghana K002883070 Yes
Pirie, J. Gambia, The K002883028 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. Cote d'Ivoire K002883059 Yes
Broun [[972]] Sudan K002883428 No
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K002883084 Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] Niger K002883100 Yes
Carson, A. [s.n.] Tanzania K002883858 No
Ed. Bounougou [13] Cameroon K002883230 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/158] Sudan K002883436 No
s.coll. [22] Senegal K002883016 Yes
Deighton, F.C. Sierra Leone K002883044 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [FHI 8009A] Nigeria K002883111 Yes
Rose Innes, R. Ghana K002883065 Yes
[H. R. J.] [s.n.] Sudan K002883434 No
Pappi, A. [174] Eritrea K002883445 No
Oldeman, R.A.A. Cote d'Ivoire K002883058 Yes
Lely, H.V. [767] Nigeria K002883118 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7586] Sudan K002883437 No
Johnson, W.M. [1009] Ghana K002883086 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. Liberia K002883051 Yes
Risopoulos [1197] Benin K002883090 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32588] Ghana K002883077 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1054] Sudan K002883423 No
s.coll. [1019] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883247 No
Bond, J.S. [141] Tanzania K002883855 No
Snowden, J.D. [1207] Uganda K002883848 No
Vaillant, A. [2428] Cameroon K002883228 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1444] Uganda K002883849 No
Troupin, G. [1330] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883235 Yes
Lowe, R., T. [s.n.] K000365101 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fournier Burkina Faso K002883045 Yes
Bates, G.L. [45] Cameroon K002883227 Yes
Ariwaodo, J.O. [ARS 1277] Nigeria K002883121 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1007] Ethiopia K002883447 No
Vanderyst [298] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883249 No
Roger dedit Majo ['B'] Senegal K000365102 Type Yes
Allen, P.; Baumgartner, W. [3] France K002881696 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. Ghana K002883067 Yes
Beal, W.P.B. Ghana K002883074 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K002883850 No
s.coll. [84] Nigeria K002883258 No
[M. N. Harrison] [1005] Sudan K002883426 No
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Nigeria K002883099 Yes
Gardner [0] Brazil K000003246 Yes
Vanderyst [2285] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883248 No
Denton [41] Nigeria K000365104 Type Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [9601] Nigeria K002883108 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [278] Nigeria K002883095 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [567] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883240 Yes
Freeman, W.E. [S116] Nigeria K002883115 Yes
s.coll. [1124] Nigeria K002883104 Yes
Blake, S.T. [16082] Australia K002882310 Yes
Scholz K002883060 Yes
Holland, J.H. [274] Nigeria K002883017 Yes
J. J. F. E. de Wilde; de Wilde-Bakhuizen, R.W. [11159] Gabon K002883219 Yes
Parsons, A.C. [4] Nigeria K002883105 Yes
Johnson, W.M. [1025] K002883085 Yes
[A.] Gaston [3186] Cameroon K002883209 Yes
[B. Riosier] [145] Nigeria K002883093 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3364] Central African Republic K002883214 Yes
Rose Innes, R. Ghana K002883066 Yes
s.coll. [103] Uganda K002883843 No
Andry, P. [C34] Chad K002883208 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritania K002883021 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7156] Central African Republic Chloris breviseta K002883220 Yes

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