Poaceae
Chloris

Chloris robusta Stapf

First published in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 221 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Uganda

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 127
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 398.
  • in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 2, 8: 221 (1912)

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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: 416 (1956).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 21 (1960).
  • Stapf in A. Chev. in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 8: 221 (1912).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1969 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1335] Burkina Faso K000212152 Yes
Naegele, A. [19] Burkina Faso K000212153 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [205] Nigeria K002882979 Yes
Houngnon, P. [5604] Benin K002882991 Yes
Scholz [172] Burkina Faso K000212151 Yes
Adjanohoun [178A] Cote d'Ivoire K002882962 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [s.n.] Nigeria K002882984 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4004] Sierra Leone K002882959 Yes
Hagerup, O.; Olufsen, O. [692] Nigeria K002882987 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2552] Ghana K002882971 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [1572] Nigeria K002882997 Yes
[R. Clayton] [DC 579] Nigeria K002882986 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12274] Cameroon K002883202 Yes
[illegible] [8770] Togo K002882990 Yes
Scholz [172] Burkina Faso K000212150 Yes
Meyers, J.G. [9471] Sudan K002883408 No
Adams, C.D.; Akpabia, G.K. [4101] Ghana K002882976 Yes
[festu] [s.n.] Central African Republic K002883203 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K002882963 Yes
Ward, J.F. [0035] Nigeria K002882988 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [980] Cameroon K002883200 No
Ake Assi [9291] Cote d'Ivoire K002882960 Yes
Barter [878] Niger K000365103 Type Yes
Meurillon [209] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883198 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC 25256] Ghana K002882970 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [111] Nigeria K002882982 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [4346] Uganda K002883824 Yes
Ward, J.F. [0040] Nigeria K002882989 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabia, G.K. [4361] Ghana K002882973 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [736] Nigeria K002882985 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabia, G.K. [4361] Ghana K002882975 Yes
Myers, J.G. [8496] Sudan K002883407 No
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI: 25642] Nigeria K002882978 Yes
Therold, C.A. [288] Ghana K002882969 Yes
[illegible] [1920] Ghana K002882977 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [25] Ghana K002882972 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Keay, R.W.J. [8959] Nigeria K002882998 Yes
Myers, J.G. [8496] Sudan K002883406 No
Fay, J.M. [4409] Central African Republic K002883197 Yes
Reekmans, M. [3250] Burundi K002883205 Yes
s.coll. [4459] Cameroon K002883196 Yes
Onochie, C.F.; Jones, A.P.D. [FHI14666] Nigeria K002882995 Yes
Assi, A. [7178] Cote d'Ivoire K002882961 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2588] Nigeria K002883000 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K002882974 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [8524] Cameroon K002883204 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Keay, R.W.J. [8959] Nigeria K002882996 Yes
Chr. Smith [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K000365095 Type Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K002882968 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K002882967 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2519] Sudan K002883410 No
Hepper, F.N. [1255] Cameroon K002883001 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [6888] Nigeria K002882999 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32653] Ghana K002882966 Yes
Blair, I.J. [206] Sudan K002883405 No
Scholz [172] Burkina Faso K000212155 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [23054] Benin K002882993 Yes
Foster, E.W. [2] Nigeria K002882994 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI 28877] Cameroon K002883002 Yes
s.coll. [2465] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002883201 Yes
Froment, D. [1074] Benin K002882992 Yes
Chevalier [6691] K000365094 Syntype Yes
Letouzey, R. [[1111]5] Cameroon K002883199 Yes
s.coll. [2416] Nigeria K002882981 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [54] Nigeria K002882980 Yes
Naegele, A. [7] Burkina Faso K000212154 Yes
Meyers, J.G. [7865] Sudan K002883409 No
Dalziel, J.M. [500] Nigeria K002882983 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4346] Uganda K002883823 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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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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