Poaceae
Cynodon

Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 281 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces

Introduced into:

Alabama, California, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Florida, Greece, Iowa, Iran, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Nebraska, New South Wales, Puerto Rico, Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Uganda, Victoria, Zaïre

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.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.
  • Damanakis, M. & Scholz, H. (1990). Phytogeographical notes on the Poaceae of Greece. Willdenowia 19: 413-423.
  • 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.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hall, D.W. (2019). Grasses of Florida: 1-353. University press of Florida.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Damanakis, M. & Scholz, H. (1990). Phytogeographical notes on the Poaceae of Greece. Willdenowia 19: 413-423.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hall, D.W. (2019). Grasses of Florida: 1-353. University press of Florida.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Burtt-Davy in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1921: 281 (1921).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 12 (1947).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 151 (1955).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Friss, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; K. Vollesen [2033] Ethiopia K003053647 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003054747 Yes
[M. E. Blenkiron] [1057] South Africa K003605030 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1182] Tanzania K003054487 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003054746 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003053127 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K003054483 Yes
Cartwright [s.n.] Sudan K003053645 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003054744 Yes
Cartwright [s.n.] Sudan K003053646 Yes
Moses, D. [5438] South Africa K003605037 Yes
[Capt C. A. Beck] [H31795] South Africa K003605028 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003054748 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003054745 Yes
de Winter, B. [381] South Africa K003605029 Yes
Mathews, J.W. [s.n.] South Africa K003605035 Yes
Moss, C.E. [13956] South Africa K003605032 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [18156] South Africa K000365050 Type Yes
Moses, D. [5435] South Africa K003605026 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [14009] South Africa K003605025 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [15023] South Africa K003605038 Yes
Grant, M.L. [17571] Iran K003423900 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1212] Uganda K003054481 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [18156] South Africa K003605027 Yes
Taton [11] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003053506 Yes
Laegaard, S. [51943] Ecuador K003605258 Yes
[Chadlei-Hancock] [2582] Uganda K003054482 Yes
Gillman, H. [289] Tanzania K003054488 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003053129 Yes
Harker, K.W. [559] Uganda K003054479 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [30] South Africa K003605033 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [18156] South Africa K003605034 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1212] Uganda K003054480 Yes
Mathews, J.W. [s.n.] South Africa K003605024 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC52] Kenya K003054484 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003423970 No
Stewart, R.B. [53] Ethiopia K003053648 Yes
Moses, D. [3] South Africa K003605036 Yes
McDonald, J. [1179] Kenya K003054486 Yes
Maher, C. [2507] Kenya K003054485 Yes
Muller, D.B. [1589] South Africa K003605031 Yes
Batchelder, R. [NSW98479] Australia K003053128 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0