Distribution
Native to:
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Socotra, Somalia, Tanzania
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Panicum rivae Chiov. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 62 (1897)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria botryostachya Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 456 (1919)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- 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., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
- Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 443 (1932).
- D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 77 (1965).
- Stapf in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1907: 213 (1907)
- Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 456 (1919).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 1, 1973 | Mackay, W. [11], Kenya | K000386230 | No | ||
May 1, 1973 | Gillett, J.B. [195], Kenya | K000386218 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1973 | Bogdan, A. [AB3902], Kenya | K000386224 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1973 | Bogdan, A. [AB3917], Kenya | K000386223 | No | ||
Drake-Brockman, R.E. [131], Ethiopia | K000281509 | holotype | Yes | ||
Pratt, D.G. [MS262], Kenya | K000386228 | No | |||
Greenway, P.J. [12796], Kenya | K000386215 | No | |||
Hepper, F.N. [6941], Kenya | K000386217 | No | |||
Ng'ang'a, S.K. [137], Kenya | K000386219 | No | |||
Magogo, F.C. [1327], Kenya | K000386220 | No | |||
Adamson, T. [19], Kenya | K000386221 | No | |||
Haerdi, F. [1839], Kenya | K000386229 | No | |||
Hemingway, P. [811], Kenya | K000386226 | No | |||
Leuthold, W. [113], Kenya | K000386225 | Yes | |||
Greenway, P.J. [9752], Kenya | K000386216 | No | |||
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [4971], Kenya | K000386222 | No | |||
Greenway, P.J. [12779], Kenya | K000386227 | No |
Sources
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0