Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis aegyptiaca (Willd.) Delile

First published in Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 157 (1813)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & W. Tropical Africa to Sudan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Saudi Arabia

Native to:

Algeria, Burkina, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 116
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 409.
  • Hort. Berol. 1: 191 (1827)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1963 A.S, P. [585], Mali K000212020 No
Sep 1, 1963 Chevalier, A.J.B. [2557], Mali K000212030 No
Sep 1, 1963 Lean [10], Mali K000212021 No
Sep 1, 1963 Davey, J.T. [74], Mali K000212024 No
Sep 1, 1963 Chevalier, A.J.B. [1224], Mali K000212025 No
Sep 1, 1963 M.A, C. [13], Mali K000212023 No
Sep 1, 1963 Lean [61], Mali K000212022 No
Sep 1, 1963 Chevalier, A.J.B. [248], Mali K000212031 No
Sep 1, 1963 Rossetti, C. [105], Mali K000212026 No
Leonard, J. [4859], Sudan K000366448 isotype Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [918], Sudan K000366449 syntype Yes
Chevalier [1093] K000366521 Unknown type material Yes
Chevalier [1093] K000366522 Unknown type material Yes
Hagerup, O. [160] K000366523 Unknown type material Yes
Delile [s.n.], Egypt K000643419 Yes
Wailly, M. de [5137], Mali K000212018 No
Farrow, R.A. [18], Mali K000212029 No
Farrow, R.A. [17], Mali K000212027 No
Wailly, M. de [5001], Mali K000212019 No
Farrow, R.A. [136], Mali K000212028 No
Duong [2186], Mali K000212017 No

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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

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

  • 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

  • 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