Enteropogon macrostachyus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Munro ex Benth.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 101 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in J. Linn. Soc. 19: 101 (1881).

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 24 (1958).
  • Benth. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 19: 101 (1881).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 402 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 40 (1965).
  • Edwards & Bogdan, Imp. grassl. pl. Kenya: 34 (1951).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 17 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 448 (1956).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 38 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 28 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Blair, I.J. [337] Sudan K003421041 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2451] Angola K003421253 Yes
Astle, W.L. [4573] Zambia K003421188 No
Rose Innes, R. [RRI701] Somalia K003421030 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [805] South Africa K003421330 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [20330] Ghana K003420945 Yes
Schimper, M.W. [364] Ethiopia K003421015 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1505] Zambia K003421199 Yes
Prince, S.D. [89] Zambia K003421187 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Namibia K003421325 Yes
Norris, J. [M0632] Somalia K003421024 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1262] Eritrea K003421014 Yes
Chase, N.C. [6815] Zimbabwe K003421203 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A907] Ghana K003420947 Yes
s.coll. [361] Malawi K003421183 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [652] Ghana K003420950 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1381] Sudan K003421036 Yes
Jackson, S. [1249] Malawi K003421182 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [286] Zambia K003421197 Yes
Munro, R.N. [82] Somalia K003421026 No
Blair, I.J. [347] Sudan K003421040 Yes
Simon, B.K. [2110] Zimbabwe K003421211 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [166] Ghana K003420949 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; Harder, D.K.; Nkhoma, C.N.; Louwiika, B. [1368] Zambia K003421185 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1573] Zambia K003421191 Yes
Pienaar, J.W. [242] South Africa K003421333 Yes
Eff, B. [18] Sudan K003421038 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [344] South Africa K003421343 Yes
Dinter [2483] Namibia K003421324 Yes
Chase, N.C. [2782] Mozambique K003421179 Yes
Astle, W.L. [3097] Zambia K003421192 Yes
Smook, L. [933] South Africa K003421331 Yes
Lebrun, J. [7931] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003421006 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [[730]] Zimbabwe K003421208 Yes
de Winter, B. [2885] Namibia K003421323 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2230] Sudan K003421037 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [652] Ghana K003420951 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [Jess/86/198] Somalia K003421020 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [1636] Somalia K003421018 Yes
Germain [2982] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003421005 Yes
Hagos, T.H. [155] Eritrea K003421012 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2211] Zambia K003421190 No
Jansen, P.C.M.; de Koning, J.; Zunguze, D. [7458] Mozambique K003421176 Yes
Rose Innes, R.; Trump, E.C. [[RI&T933]] Somalia K003421033 Yes
Smook, L. [917] South Africa K003421332 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [Jess/86/161] Somalia K003421023 Yes
Wild, H. [7527] Zimbabwe K003421200 No
Harrison, M.N. [1301] Eritrea K003421013 Yes
Myre; Lousã; Rosa [5742] Mozambique K003421177 Yes
Godding, H.C. [61] Somalia K003421029 Yes
Biegel, H.M.; Pope, G.V. [325b] Zimbabwe K003421212 Yes
Pole Evans, I.B. [2524] South Africa K003421344 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [2522] Somalia K003421016 Yes
de Winter, B. [4301] Namibia K003421326 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [03205(01938)] South Africa K003421335 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3214] Ghana K003420946 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [344] South Africa K003421334 Yes
Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [17A] Somalia K003421025 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [522] Zambia K003421196 Yes
Simon, B.K. [163] Zimbabwe K003421202 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1322] Botswana K003421257 Yes
B. de Winter; [W. Massif] [4835] Namibia K003421320 Yes
Crook, A.O. [333] Zimbabwe K003421206 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13613] Ghana K003420948 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC388] Ghana K003420952 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2451] Angola K003421254 Yes
Farquharson, R.A. [22] Somalia K003421028 Yes
Codd, L.E. [3705] South Africa K003421345 Yes
Welw. [7446] Angola K003421251 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [286] Zambia K003421198 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2098] Namibia K003421327 Yes
Peers, A.W. [K024] Sudan K003421039 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [[1297]] Somalia K003421017 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [A52] Zimbabwe K003421205 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [Z24] Zambia K003421195 Yes
Pope, G. [704] Zimbabwe K003421209 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2451] Angola K003421256 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [750] Zambia K003421193 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2451] Angola K003421252 Yes
Giess; Volk; Bleissner [6389] Namibia K003421328 Yes
Myre, M. [2077] Mozambique K003421178 Yes
Davidse, G.; Ellis, R. [5931] South Africa K003421336 Yes
Menezes, A.; Barroso; Sousa [3358] Angola K003421255 Yes
Bavazzano, R.; Moggi, G.; [R. Taráelli] [s.n.] Somalia K003421019 Yes
White, F. [7623] Zambia K003421194 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI658] Somalia K003421031 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [s.n.] Zambia K003421189 Yes
Killick; Leistner [3273] Namibia K003421322 Yes
Fisher; Schweickerdt [374] South Africa K003421339 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/159] Malawi K003421181 Yes
Hall-Martin, A.J. [1169] Malawi K003421180 Yes
Terry, P. [3455] Somalia K003421034 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [H2304] Zimbabwe K003421207 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [1301] Namibia K003421329 Yes
Brockman, D. [136] Somalia K003421027 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1871] South Africa K003421342 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1999] South Africa K003421341 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI789] Somalia K003421022 Yes
Simon, B.K. [2106] Zimbabwe K003421210 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI723] Somalia K003421032 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [Jess/86/174] Somalia K003421021 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1840] South Africa K003421340 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1753] Zimbabwe K003421204 Yes
Goodier, R. [787] Zimbabwe K003421201 Yes
Schimper [1477] K000365085 Type Yes
Schimper [1477] K000365086 Type Yes
Theron, G.K. [2732] South Africa K003421337 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [202] Zambia K003421186 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Bingham, P.E. [10795] Zambia K003421184 Yes
Wieland, R.G. [4707] Somalia K003421035 No
Davidse, G.; Ellis, R. [5886] South Africa K003421338 Yes
Schoenfelder, E.B. [76] Namibia K003421321 Yes

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