Poaceae
Cymbopogon

Cymbopogon caesius (Hook. & Arn.) Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 341 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula to Indian Subcontinent. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Rwanda, Réunion, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cuba, Laos, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, 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. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Prasanna, P.V. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 32: 1-694. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • 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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • 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.
  • Voeltzkow, A. (1917). Flora und Fauna der Comoren: 428-480.
  • de Cordemoy, E.J. (1895). Flore de l'ile de la Réunion: 1-574. Librairie des sciences naturelles Paul Klincksieck, Paris.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 329 (1929).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 423 (1956).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 147 (1929).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 59 (1955).
  • Stapf in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1906: 360 (1906)
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 287 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 23, 2019 Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide) [JO1589] Mozambique K001346414 No
Dec 10, 1933 Griffith, W. [104] India K000974900 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [1700] India K000974903 Type Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [8796] India K000245858 Type Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [1700] India K000245856 Holotype Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [1700] India K000245857 Type Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [1700] India K000974901 Type Yes
Jun 10, 1933 Wight, R. [1700] India K000974902 Type Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K002704845 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1249] Uganda K002704840 Yes
[3956] South Africa K002285526 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1383] Kenya K002704852 Yes
Emson, H.E. [304] Tanzania K002704936 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [201416] Ethiopia K002704726 Yes
s.coll. [3078] Zimbabwe K002285218 Yes
Evans, I.B.P. [576] South Africa K002285581 Yes
Parker, G.W. [s.n.] Madagascar K000244583 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, C.A. [4006] South Africa K000280483 Unknown Type Material Yes
McGregor, C.J. [25] Tanzania K002704899 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [835] Kenya K002704894 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912471 No
Story, R. [6185] Namibia K002285502 Yes
Procter, J. [2822] Tanzania K002704904 Yes
Mavi, S. [1696] Botswana K002285272 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [615] South Africa K002285560 Yes
Smook, L. [2624] South Africa K002285584 Yes
Price, D.; Mwangulango, N.A.; Doggart, N. [WK159] Tanzania K002704928 Yes
Smith, F. [CPI106792] Australia K002704090 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1501] Botswana K002285258 Yes
Smook, L. [5157] Namibia K002285505 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5677] Tanzania K002704930 Yes
s.coll. [29] India K003912433 No
Snowden, J.D. [1301] Uganda K002704841 Yes
Ramaswami, M.S. [1181] India K003912427 No
Maguire, B. [BM 8600] South Africa K002285582 Yes
Dyson-Hudson [297] Uganda K002704831 Yes
Barber, C.A. [2558] India K003912442 No
s.coll. [3348] India K003912443 No
Russell, G.; Smook [5455] Namibia K002285500 Yes
Stolz, A. [1370] Tanzania K002704900 Yes
[illegibel] [1404] Tanzania K002704932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912476 No
Scheepers, J.C. [1446] South Africa K002285547 Yes
Chandler, B. [708] Uganda K002704846 Yes
Wells, M.J. [2266] South Africa K002285550 Yes
Smith, P.A. [119] Botswana K002285269 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2483] South Africa K002285549 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1205] Sudan K002704693 Yes
s.coll. [311] South Africa K002285570 Yes
Smith, F. [CPI84141] Australia K002704089 Yes
Brain, C.K. [4069] Namibia K002285512 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N 459] South Africa K002285617 Yes
[D. G. S.] [MS 694] Kenya K002704851 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1027] Uganda K002704842 Yes
Best, E.B. [788] Zimbabwe K002285254 Yes
s.coll. [1951] Kenya K002704879 Yes
s.coll. [1806] India K003912478 No
Barber, C.A. [3346] India K003912440 No
Wilman, M. [3160] South Africa K002285594 Yes
Bally, P. [B5501] Kenya K002704855 Yes
Torre, A.R. [6380] Mozambique K002285205 No
Norris, J.J. [151] Pakistan K003912453 No
Robertson, F.J. [614] Botswana K002285270 Yes
Russell, G.; Smook [5460] Namibia K002285495 Yes
Barber, C.A. [8180] India K003912428 No
Gerstner, J. [40404] South Africa K002285610 Yes
[1552] South Africa K002285518 Yes
Hatch, S.L. [4203] Kenya K002704863 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [9] Kenya K002704876 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [2289] Zimbabwe K002285240 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1697] Sudan K002704692 Yes
Chiovenda, E. [1055] Ethiopia K002704729 Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [16097] India K003912465 No
s.coll. [14] Kenya K002704850 Yes
Brown; Shapiro [357] South Africa K002285607 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [1738] Kenya K002704887 Yes
s.coll. [6406] India K003912474 No
Robison, T. [5161] Tanzania K002704918 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [885C] Kenya K002704860 Yes
Davies, R.H. [728] Zimbabwe K002285244 Yes
[1305(1490)] Namibia K002285540 Yes
[S. H. Davis] [E 20] Sudan K002704702 Yes
Repton, J.E. [5205] South Africa K002285565 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1636] Zimbabwe K002285224 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4115] Uganda K002704835 Yes
de Winter, B. [2557] Namibia K002285503 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Phillips, S.; Tefera, D. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002704716 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912437 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912470 No
Alison; Rogers, H. [1302] Botswana K002285263 Yes
[2749] Namibia K002285536 Yes
Moll, E.J. [2049] South Africa K002285614 Yes
[illegible] [1481] South Africa K002285590 Yes
Hammond, M.M. [218] Tanzania K002704901 Yes
s.coll. [6429] India K003912473 No
Bisset, E. Yemen K003911829 No
s.coll. [15483] India K003912451 No
Coleman, M. [14] Botswana K002285256 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [330] South Africa K002285552 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [33221] South Africa K002285551 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [3034] Zambia K002285249 Yes
[illegible] [5772] Tanzania K002704909 Yes
[77] Namibia K002285541 Yes
Ranger, G.A. [103] South Africa K002285589 Yes
Du Toit, P.C. [642] South Africa K002285583 Yes
[Biegel]; Muller; Russell, G. [5012] Botswana K002285255 Yes
Myers, J.G. [14052] Sudan K002704691 No
Hoogland, R.D. [11559] Sri Lanka K003912491 No
[8813] South Africa K002285520 Yes
Moll, E.J. [618] South Africa K002285621 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1428] Uganda K002704843 Yes
Moss, C.E. [16776] South Africa K002285554 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2178] Tanzania K002704905 No
Moss, C.E. [16396] South Africa K002285579 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11874] Tanzania K002704925 Yes
Barber, C.A. [209] India K003912445 No
Davidse, G.; Ellis, R. [5899] South Africa K002285585 Yes
Ngoni, J.E. [427] Botswana K002285271 No
[5046] South Africa K002285519 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17195] South Africa K002285575 Yes
Russell, G.; Smook [5200] Namibia K002285511 Yes
Barber, C.A. [6060] India K003912450 No
Staples, R.R. [233] Tanzania K002704935 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1093] Kenya K002704883 Yes
Robert, E.; Fries, T.C.E. [861] Kenya K002704849 Yes
Stephan, J. [1415] Eswatini K002285600 Yes
Moll, E.J. [2046] South Africa K002285611 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1537] Uganda K002704837 Yes
Buechner, H.K. [1] Uganda K002704830 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K111] Kenya K002704884 Yes
Ward, C.J. [2321] South Africa K002285620 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912477 No
Lewyo-Lloyd, M.E. [251] Uganda K002704832 Yes
Piemeisel, R.L.; Kephart, L.W. [126] Kenya K002704862 Yes
Bally [B12537] Kenya K002704847 Yes
Ammal, E. [1867] India K003912483 No
Crook, A.O. [701] Zimbabwe K002285250 Yes
Calder, C.C.; Ramaswami, M.S. [721] India K003912481 No
Reynolds, M. [2473] Zimbabwe K002285217 Yes
[Mr. Lépine] [s.n.] India K003912468 No
Burtt, B.D. [2626] Tanzania K002704933 Yes
[1981] South Africa K002285522 Yes
Dowson, W.J. [227] Kenya K002704865 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3509] Tanzania K002704921 No
Matthew, K.M.; Usha, A.; Rajendren, N. [43065] India K003912463 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K002285216 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [10962] Ethiopia K002704718 Yes
Linton, A. [123] Kenya K002704866 Yes
Spellenberg, R. Yemen K003911830 No
Gould, F.W. [13317] Sri Lanka K003912496 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [467] South Africa K002285563 Yes
Morris, J.W. [1104] South Africa K002285573 Yes
[Gwebi Sch. of agric] [5] Zimbabwe K002285237 Yes
Qaiser, M.; Ghafoor, A. [4028] Pakistan K003912454 No
Mitchell, B.L. [5/84] Zambia K002285233 Yes
I. S. de Beer [[17099]] Botswana K002285261 Yes
Welch, J.R. [64] Tanzania K002704911 Yes
[3729] South Africa K002285525 Yes
Mainwaring, C. [1504] Zimbabwe K002285241 Yes
[2978] South Africa K002285515 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912436 No
Lawton, R.M. [1647] Kenya K002704848 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1921] Zimbabwe K002285247 Yes
[2795] Namibia K002285532 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17703] South Africa K002285576 Yes
Tyson, W. [1412] South Africa K002285591 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2219] Zambia K002285231 Yes
Jan de Foning; Iunguze, D. [8072] Mozambique K002285209 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1996] Zambia K002285230 Yes
[E. Beray Phillips] [4443] Lesotho K002285602 Yes
Bogdan, A.; Williams, R.O. [AB 209] Kenya K002704885 Yes
s.coll. [B 757] Kenya K002704856 Yes
[E&W30] South Africa K002285524 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [2243] Kenya K002704880 Yes
s.coll. [11612] India K003912435 No
Russell, G.; Smook [5455] Namibia K002285506 Yes
[1699] Namibia K002285537 Yes
Barber, C.A. [3315] India K003912439 No
Robison, T. [943] Tanzania K002704917 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. Yemen K003911834 No
[7] Madagascar K002285347 Yes
Young, R.G.N. [1083] South Africa K002285586 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1088] Zimbabwe K002285245 Yes
Brueckner, A. [206] South Africa K002285597 Yes
[22] Namibia K002285535 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [818] Botswana K002285260 Yes
Piemeisel, R.L.; Kephart, L.W. [126] Kenya K002704872 Yes
Björnstad, A. [794] Tanzania K002704903 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [30/56] Zimbabwe K002285236 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1073] Kenya K002704895 No
s.coll. [78] Uganda K002704829 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67416] Kenya K002704886 Yes
[C. Emdos] [9330] South Africa K002285553 Yes
Ammal, E. [11007] India K003912426 No
Greenway, P.J.; Hummel, F.C. [7335] Uganda K002704838 Yes
Poilecot, P.P. [7866] Zimbabwe K002285222 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [16436] South Africa K002285571 Yes
[illegible] [312] Ethiopia K002704727 Yes
[2246] South Africa K002285516 Yes
Davidse, G.; Simon, B.; Drummond, R.; Bennett, K.E. [6476] Zimbabwe K002285252 Yes
Blatter, E. [2522] India K003912460 No
Mooney, H.F. [4789] Ethiopia K002704725 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [1057] Zimbabwe K002285215 No
[4807] Namibia K002285539 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1534] Tanzania K002704922 Yes
Linton, A. [92] Kenya K002704867 Yes
[7527] South Africa K002285513 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [8512] South Africa K002285595 Yes
Barber, C.A. [2588] India K003912449 No
Pardy, A.A.; Brain, C.K. [3286] Zimbabwe K002285229 Yes
Russell, G.; Smook [5200] Namibia K002285499 Yes
[2289] Namibia K002285533 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [373] Zimbabwe K002285219 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912482 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [24332] Zimbabwe K002285239 Yes
Ament, J.G. [491] Kenya K002704864 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1796] Uganda K002704844 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13358] Sri Lanka K003912490 No
[4705] South Africa K002285545 Yes
[1077] South Africa K002285523 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [3526] South Africa K002285568 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17172] South Africa K002285567 Yes
Schimper [411] K000280506 Type No
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O. [3125] K002285501 Yes
Tyson, W. [3121] South Africa K002285592 Yes
Lebrun, J. [9453] Rwanda K002704458 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [s.n.] Tanzania K002704916 Yes
Christopher, J. [G-410] India K003912467 No
Gould, F.W. [13385] Sri Lanka K003912493 No
Ward, C.J. [4843] South Africa K002285623 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3419] Botswana K002285267 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. Afghanistan K003911827 No
[2876] South Africa K002285517 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K189] Kenya K002704898 Yes
Torre, A.R. [2127] Mozambique K002285207 Yes
Holst, C. [8740] Tanzania K002704902 Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [972] Angola K002285273 Yes
Taylor, H. [1293] Kenya K001737953 Yes
Kassner [381] Kenya K002704853 Yes
Hornley, A.F. [1050] Mozambique K002285210 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17648] South Africa K002285548 Yes
Schlechter, R. [3099] South Africa K002285626 Yes
Barber, C.A. [4455] India K003912441 No
Lye, K.A.; Katende, A.B.; Faden, R.B. [Ly 6346] Kenya K002704869 No
s.coll. [53] South Africa K002285616 Yes
Moss, C.E. [6645] South Africa K002285555 Yes
Walters, J.A.T. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K002285228 Yes
Appleton, A.F. [45] South Africa K002285564 Yes
[19] South Africa K002285543 Yes
Ramakrishna, R.S. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K003912488 No
Davidse, G.; Simon, B. [6449] Zimbabwe K002285251 Yes
[s.n.] South Africa K002285531 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D325] Zimbabwe K002285253 Yes
Spranger, N.D. [S41] Kenya K002704854 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3932] Tanzania K002704913 Yes
Ramakrishna, R.S. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K003912487 No
de Beer, J.S. [D27] Botswana K002285262 Yes
Wild, H. [5424] Zimbabwe K002285226 Yes
Barber, C.A. [248] India K003912438 No
Adamson, T. [10] Kenya K002704892 Yes
[s.n.] Madagascar K002285348 Yes
[336] Namibia K002285538 Yes
s.coll. K003911826 No
Huntley, B.J. [1524] South Africa K002285578 Yes
Naganathan, J.R. [19401] India K003912484 No
Wickens, G.E. [2821] Sudan K002704701 Yes
s.coll. [102] India K003912432 No
Schmitz, M. [4070] Lesotho K002285604 Yes
de Winter, B. [7488] Botswana K002285265 Yes
Barbosa, L.A.G.; F. de Lemos; G. B. col [8242] Mozambique K002285213 Yes
Schimper, W. P. [491] Ethiopia K002704731 Yes
Naganathan, J.R. [19401] India K003912479 No
[Bellany] [s.n.] India K003912452 No
Drummond, J.R. [21114] India K003912455 No
Smook, L. [9111] Namibia K002285510 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Tanzania K002704934 Yes
Ward, C.J. [T555] South Africa K002285609 Yes
Lintner, J. [43] South Africa K002285561 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [17180] India K003912434 No
Welch, J.R. [521] Tanzania K002704912 Yes
Piemeisel, R.L.; Kephart, L.W. [126] Kenya K002704871 Yes
Gerstner, F.J. [4349] South Africa K002285615 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Leach, L.C. [691] Zimbabwe K002285221 Yes
[Superintendent] [5] India K003912469 No
s.coll. [5] India K003912466 No
Rehmann, A. [s.n.] South Africa K002285572 Yes
[199] South Africa K002285529 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [5866] Zimbabwe K002285220 Yes
Drake; Brockmann [463] Somalia K002704734 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [s.n.] Tanzania K002704914 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [2165] India K003912425 No
Torre, A.R. [6134] Mozambique K002285206 Yes
Sacleux, R.P. [2089] Malawi K002285214 Yes
McDonald, J. [956] Kenya K002704857 Yes
Cooray, R.G. [68052301R] Sri Lanka K003912485 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [25079] Kenya K002704888 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [11388] Ethiopia K002704720 Yes
Burchell [2165] South Africa K002285593 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1088] Sudan K002704699 Yes
Watkins, G. [3167] Tanzania K002704907 Yes
Kemp, E. [1291] Eswatini K002285599 Yes
Smook, L. [8986] Namibia K002285509 Yes
Ranger, G.A. [103] South Africa K002285588 Yes
s.coll. [463] Somalia K002704733 Yes
[Lfd] [MS 607] Kenya K002704858 Yes
Smook, L. [5656] South Africa K002285618 Yes
de Figueiredo Gomes e Sousa, A. [2207] Mozambique K002285212 Yes
Helm, C. [132] South Africa K002285596 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1936] Sudan K002704694 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1800] Tanzania K002704929 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7760] Tanzania K002704926 Yes
s.coll. [102] India K003912431 No
Smith, P.A. [1659] Botswana K002285268 Yes
s.coll. [2159] Zambia K002285234 Yes
Godfrey, H. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001737955 No
Pole Evans, J.B. [3681] South Africa K002285577 Yes
[s.n.] South Africa K002285530 Yes
Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP262] India K003912462 No
[C. A. Spinage] [159] Rwanda K002704459 Yes
[L. F. Irvine] [138] South Africa K002285556 Yes
Napier, E.R. [2497] Kenya K002704882 Yes
Bond, J.S. [168] Tanzania K002704910 No
Gamble, J.S. [17627] India K003912480 No
Ammal, E. [1749] India K003912459 No
Van Someren, V.G.L. [AH 9574] Kenya K002704891 Yes
Koyama, T.; Samarakoon [13538] Sri Lanka K003912486 No
Trapnell, C.G. [1043] Zambia K002285232 Yes
Smith, F. [CPI106717] Australia K002704091 Yes
Williamson, D.T. [1] Botswana K002285266 Yes
Diego [s.n.] South Africa K002285625 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [2268] Mozambique K002285204 Yes
WRQ, L.W.; Luke, P.A. [15006] Kenya K002704874 Yes
Louw, W.J. [1383] South Africa K002285557 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3526] Madagascar K000244584 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. Yemen K003911832 No
Wickens, G.E. [1932] Sudan K002704700 No
Russell, G.; Smook [5460] Namibia K002285507 Yes
de Winter, B. [4010] Namibia K002285504 Yes
Ramakrishna, R.S. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K003912489 No
Smook, L. [2556] South Africa K002285608 Yes
Madagascar K000244582 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, D. [846] Kenya K002704893 Yes
Verdcourt [2261] Kenya K002704897 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [s.n.] Tanzania K002704915 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4702] South Africa K002285619 Yes
Robert, E.; Fries, T.C.E. [s.n.] Kenya K002704868 Yes
s.coll. [3294] Zambia K002285235 Yes
[2367] South Africa K002285534 Yes
Chiovenda, E. [2319] Ethiopia K002704730 Yes
Clayton, D. [5239] Sri Lanka K003912494 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912429 No
Mott, P.J. [1107] Botswana K002285264 Yes
[920] Namibia K002285542 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003912472 No
Gomes, A.; Sousa [3385] Mozambique K002285211 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3056] Uganda K002704834 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [994] Zimbabwe K002285223 Yes
Linton, A. [208] Kenya K002704859 Yes
Moodie, T. [1] Zimbabwe K002285242 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1857] Zimbabwe K002285246 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3379] Botswana K002285259 Yes
[C. S. Mathela] [C] India K003912464 No
s.coll. [3505/23] Somalia K002704732 Yes
s.coll. [100] India K003912447 No
Christopher, J. [G-368] India K003912461 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [10962] Ethiopia K002704719 Yes
Russell, G.; Smook [5455] Namibia K002285496 Yes
Moll, E.J. [1605] South Africa K002285622 Yes
[3239] Madagascar K002285346 Yes
Schoenmakers, A. [231] South Africa K002285613 Yes
Richards, M. [23776] Tanzania K002704908 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. Yemen K003911833 No
Rogers, F.A. [24903] South Africa K002285587 Yes
McCallum, D.A.; Webber, C.N. [563] Eswatini K002285601 Yes
Krauss [26] South Africa K000280439 Isotype Yes
Barber, C.A. [6577] India K003912446 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [27721] Kenya K002704889 Yes
[163] South Africa K002285546 Yes
Grabham, G.W. [6/21] Ethiopia K002704728 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker [2469] Kenya K002704875 Yes
[A. C. Brook] [35 a] Tanzania K002704923 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. Yemen K003911828 No
West, O. [1776] South Africa K002285624 Yes
Smook, L. [9069] Namibia K002285508 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1991] South Africa K002285566 Yes
de Winter, B. [8326] South Africa K002285562 Yes
[Jowitt] [s.n.] Sri Lanka K003912495 No
Carru Gibson, H. [K19] Kenya K002704861 Yes
Bester, S.P. [9238] Angola K002285275 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14372] Ethiopia K002704717 Yes
s.coll. [132] South Africa K002285612 Yes
s.coll. [553] Tanzania K002704927 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [557] Kenya K002704877 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3735] Uganda K002704833 Yes
[1481] South Africa K002285521 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [817] Kenya K002704890 Yes
Robison, T. [2896] Tanzania K002704919 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Mueller-Dombois, D.; Wirawan, N.; Cooray, R.G.; Balakrishnan, N. [50911] Sri Lanka K003912492 No
Brain, C.K. [2530] Zimbabwe K002285248 No
Myre, M. [859] Mozambique K002285208 Yes
[4705] South Africa K002285544 Yes
Moss, C.E. [6034] South Africa K002285558 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1739] South Africa K002285574 Yes
Beckley, V.A. [2076] Kenya K002704870 Yes
Russell, G.; Smook [5422] Namibia K002285497 Yes
Russell, G.; Smook [5422] Namibia K002285498 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1459] Kenya K002704881 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK2817] Uganda K002704839 Yes
McCallum, D.A.; Webber, C.N. [527] Eswatini K002285598 Yes
s.coll. [16] India K003912475 No
s.coll. [1806] India K003912444 No
s.coll. [6401] India K003912448 No
Magogo, F.C.; Estes, R. [1253] Kenya K002704878 Yes
[G. T.] [298] India K003912430 No
s.coll. [4156] Rwanda K002704457 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17646] South Africa K002285559 Yes
Bester, S.P. [9238] Angola K002285274 Yes
Raad, H.J. [120] South Sudan K002704695 Yes
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. Yemen K003911835 No
Dieterlen, A. [213] Lesotho K002285605 Yes
Simon; Pope; Biegel [2451] Zimbabwe K002285225 Yes
Wild, H. [3407] Zimbabwe K002285227 Yes
Henrickson, M. [2506] Zimbabwe K002285238 No
[4006] South Africa K002285527 Yes
Faruqi, S.A. [1079] Pakistan K003912457 No
Dieterlen, M.; [Mrs. Dieterlen] [213 a] Lesotho K002285603 Yes
[176] South Africa K002285514 Yes
Jowitt, J.F. [s.n.] India K003912456 No
Torre, A.R. [5859] Mozambique K002285203 Yes
Davy, J.B. [18450] South Africa K002285580 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [665] Tanzania K002704920 Yes
Brown; Shapiro [387] South Africa K002285606 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [5486] Ethiopia K002704724 Yes
s.coll. K003911831 No
Burtt, B.D. [2036] Tanzania K002704931 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7628] Tanzania K002704924 Yes
Nyariri, P. [730] Zimbabwe K002285243 Yes
WRQ, L.W.; Luke, P.A. [15014] Kenya K002704873 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3192] Uganda K002704836 Yes
Watkins, G. [427] Congo, Republic of the Cymbopogon excavatus K002704906 Yes
s.coll. [B 7953] Botswana Cymbopogon excavatus K001625363 Yes

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