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
- Poa aegyptiaca Willd. in Enum. Pl.: 107 (1809)
- Poa pilosa var. aegyptiaca (Willd.) O.Fedtsch. in Izv. Imp. Bot. Sada Petra Velikago, Suppl. 2: 69 (1915)
- Poa pilosa var. aegyptiaca (Willd.) B.Fedtsch. in Izv. Imp. Bot. Sada Petra Velikago 14(Suppl. 2): 69 (1915)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Eragrostis aegyptiaca subsp. humifusa H.Scholz in Willdenowia 26: 231 (1996)
- Eragrostis albida Hitchc. in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 19: 304 (1929)
- Eragrostis minima Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 5: 188 (1924)
- Eragrostis nigerica A.Chev. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 470 (1948)
- Eragrostis pilosa var. aegyptica Schmalh. in Fl. Sredn. Jushn. Rossii 2: 631 (1897)
- Eragrostis senegalensis Nees in Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1834: 3 (1834)
- Poa amabilis Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 566 (1817), pro syn.
- Poa antennata Delile ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 330 (1816), pro syn.
- Poa pallida Lag. in Gen. Sp. Pl.: 3 (1816)
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? |
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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
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical 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