Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis aspera (Jacq.) Nees

First published in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 408 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India, Indo-China. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Jawa, Mauritius, Philippines

Recorded in error in:

Jawa

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Prasanna, P.V. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 32: 1-694. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • 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

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 117
  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 277.
  • Berhaut, Pl. Sen ed. 2, 408
  • Fl. Afr. Austr. 408 (1841)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Sumadijaya, A. (2011). An account of the non-bambusoid alien grasses (Poaceae) in Java, one century after first records by Backer. Folia Malaysiana 12: 47-68.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Somalia

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

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 19 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 387 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 32 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 18 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 452 (1956).
  • Hubbard, E.A. Pasture Plants 1: 48 (1927).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 38 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 30 (1960).
  • Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr.: 408 (1841).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 161 (1955).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1960 Buchanan [690] Malawi K000366256 Type Yes
Aug 18, 1953 Quintas, F. [202] Mozambique K000366257 Type Yes
Aug 18, 1953 Drege [4285] South Africa K000365710 Type Yes
Jan 20, 1892 Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K000245066 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pobeguin, M. [17[55]] Guinea K003816438 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3889] Tanzania K003361927 Yes
Schimper [1069] Ethiopia K003326001 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [264] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344876 Yes
Giess, W.; Volk, O.H.; Bleissner, B. [6394] Namibia K002946291 Yes
[E. Godd] [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003571451 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [4791] Uganda K003361853 Yes
Callens, H. [3607] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344875 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K. [24408] Tanzania K003361921 Yes
Barter [859] Niger K003816399 Yes
Taton [1245] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344869 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [7] Ghana K003816448 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Semon, F.; Jensen, M.; Gashaw, M. [7803] Ethiopia K003325994 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6972] Tanzania K003361954 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9536] Tanzania K003361948 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [s.n.] Zambia K003571441 Yes
Smook, L. [2651] South Africa K002946302 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A. [4246] Mozambique K003571389 Yes
B. de Winter; Marais, E. [1880] Namibia K002946290 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B3172] Kenya K003361881 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24107] Tanzania K003361923 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A3595] Sudan K003325952 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [298] Zimbabwe K003571462 Yes
de Aguiar Macedo, J.M. [5089] Mozambique K003571385 Yes
Scaetta [1469] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344877 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816450 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [44] Kenya K003361883 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1929] Ethiopia K003325983 Yes
Davies, R.M. [3221] Zimbabwe K003571446 Yes
Lisowski, S. [544] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344868 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [2358] Tanzania K003361934 Yes
Gonde, P. [369] Zimbabwe K003571453 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [298] Zimbabwe K003571461 Yes
Cope, T.A. [334] Oman K003561074 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [1477] Cameroon K003344861 Yes
Bredo [4730] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344866 Yes
Freeman, W.G. [S136] Nigeria K003816409 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2604] Yemen K003561067 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2362] Zambia K003571433 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [2928] Kenya K003361879 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Kanuri [2043] Kenya K003361874 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K003571405 Yes
Michael Fay, J.; Ngaindiro, S.; Jules, F.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K003344860 Yes
Thorncroft, G. [25422] South Africa K002946308 Yes
Welw. [7494] Angola K003571505 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816458 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [62] Malawi K003571400 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [4085] Sudan K003325953 Yes
Mullin, L.J. [17/55] Zimbabwe K003571485 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3767] Zambia K003571436 Yes
McClean, A.P.D. [964] South Africa K002946314 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [s.n.] Nigeria K003816404 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24170] Tanzania K003361946 Yes
Robertson, F.J. [629] Botswana K003571502 Yes
Crook, A.O. [741] Zimbabwe K003571455 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [8228] Zambia K003571430 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10512] Tanzania K003361947 Yes
Frowd, B.H. [F12] Kenya K003361889 Yes
Sherif, M.I. [A4034] Sudan K003325958 Yes
Guarino, L. [31] Oman K003561078 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [F1839] Egypt K003561081 Yes
de Winter, B. [2910] Namibia K002946293 Yes
Chancellor, R.J. [217] Uganda K003361851 Yes
de Beer, J.S. [590] Botswana K003571495 Yes
Chiparawasha, O. [374] Zimbabwe K003571449 Yes
Carvalho [3432] Equatorial Guinea K003344865 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [67] Botswana K003571504 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [406] Malawi K003571401 Yes
Procter, J. [3599] Tanzania K003361890 Yes
Terrac; Pappi [4080] Eritrea K003325976 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4886] Kenya K003361878 Yes
Juniper, B.E.; Jefford, T.G.; Newbould, J. [56] Tanzania K003361910 Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [436] Malawi K003571407 Yes
s.coll. [316] Ethiopia K003326000 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1471] Zimbabwe K003571460 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [39/54] Zimbabwe K003571488 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1759] Uganda K003361855 Yes
Mbago, F. [1079] Tanzania K003361950 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1725] Uganda K003361861 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/60] Malawi K003571396 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [8729] Zambia K003571420 Yes
Pettet, A. [J15] Sudan K003325973 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [1379] Nigeria K003816406 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [87] Zimbabwe K003571477 Yes
Van Vuuren, D.R.J. [1661] South Africa K002946303 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6809] Kenya K003361870 Yes
Schlechter, R. [4658] South Africa K002946310 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [376] Somalia K003325999 Yes
[oyd Williams] [463] Ghana K003816447 Yes
Wild, H. [3387] Zimbabwe K003571491 Yes
Audry, P. [D10] Chad K003344853 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2788] Sudan K003325964 Yes
de Winter, B. [96] South Africa K002946300 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1696KBS] Zambia K003571443 Yes
Gossweiller, J. [3022] Angola K003571508 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [706] South Africa K002946298 Yes
Jacobsen, E. (Mrs.) [35] Tanzania K003361900 Yes
Thomas, A. [TH4353] Uganda K003361848 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [931] Somalia K003326005 Yes
Gereau, R.E. [1282] Ethiopia K003325984 Yes
Bent, J.T. [s.n.] Sudan K003325951 Yes
Siame, W. [399] Tanzania K003361908 Yes
[M. Jacobsen] [s.n.] Tanzania K003361902 Yes
Liben, L. [2800] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344878 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24286] Zimbabwe K003571476 Yes
Muerillon, A. [1433] Cameroon K003344864 Yes
Buchanan [257] South Africa K002946316 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K003571411 Yes
Sanane, M. [82] Zambia K003571444 Yes
Macaulay [s.n.] Zambia K003571429 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [213] Tanzania K003361892 Yes
Lewalle, J. [1984] Burundi K003344884 Yes
Smook, L. [5180] Namibia K002946287 Yes
Ward, J.F. [0077] Nigeria K003816401 Yes
Carson, A [11] K000366255 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs.) [2267] Ethiopia K003325995 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2119] Zimbabwe K003571454 Yes
Stewart; Barter [859] Mozambique K003571384 Yes
Harker, K.W. [458] Uganda K003361856 Yes
Jackson, G. [320570] Nigeria K003816414 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [483] Botswana K003571499 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3025] Botswana K003571503 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6914] Saudi Arabia K003561065 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1799] Guinea K003816437 Yes
McLeish, I. [2497] Oman K003561072 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [T159] Tanzania K003361906 Yes
Mearns, E.A. [2958] Sudan K003325962 Yes
Chandler, P. [709] Uganda K003361864 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [2850] Ethiopia K003325991 Yes
Cope, T.A. [458] Oman K003561076 Yes
Gomes Sousa, A. [1367] Mozambique K003571390 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816457 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23921] Tanzania K003361922 Yes
[E. Brand] [77] Tanzania K003361893 No
Wickens, G.E. [1475] Sudan K003325970 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [460] Malawi K003571403 Yes
de Winter, B. [29I0] Namibia K002946294 Yes
Beal, W., B. B. [3] K000366495 Type Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1406] Tanzania K003361926 Yes
Ferguson, D.F. [359] Sudan K003325954 Yes
Kahurananga, J.; Kibuwa; Mungai [2676] Tanzania K003361913 Yes
Pirie, J. [50/33] Gambia, The K003816434 Yes
Vigne, C. [4633] Ghana K003816451 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [13949] Cameroon K003344862 Yes
Drège [629] South Africa K002946315 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4556] Ethiopia K003325982 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M.; Aweke, G. [308] Ethiopia K003325985 Yes
Lindeman, H.A. [758] Tanzania K003361896 Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [449] Malawi K003571408 Yes
[Murr] [426] South Africa K002946313 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [1873] Ethiopia K003325980 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4627] Ethiopia K003325987 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [4562] Kenya K003361880 Yes
s.coll. [JDL95] Sudan K003325961 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8608] South Africa K002946312 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [3071] Ethiopia K003325989 Yes
Froment, D. [592] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344880 Yes
Bogdan, A. [903AB] Kenya K003361886 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2008] Yemen K003561066 Yes
Crook, A.O. [490] Zimbabwe K003571484 Yes
Moraio, A.R. [10] Mozambique K003571388 Yes
Sandwith [60] Zambia K003571421 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1154] Uganda K003361867 Yes
Michel, G. [5339] Rwanda K003344883 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [533] Guinea K003816440 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [390] Zimbabwe K003571489 Yes
Hoekstra, P. [53] Sudan K003325971 Yes
Chase, N.C. [2511] Mozambique K003571386 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1105] Zambia K003571437 Yes
Lawrence, E. [140] Malawi K003571415 Yes
Pedrogao, J. [[307]] Mozambique K003571394 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2337] Tanzania K003361914 Yes
Friis, I.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [12650] Ethiopia K003325996 Yes
Chiparawasha, O. [728] Zimbabwe K003571448 Yes
Lloyd, M.L. [2400] Zimbabwe K003571471 Yes
Blair, I.J. [15] Sudan K003325963 Yes
Townsend, S. [s.n.] Eswatini K002946322 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S.; Faden, R.B.; Beentje, H.J.; Mutangah, J.; Nyakundi, D.O. [696] Kenya K003361872 Yes
Saxer, A. [s.n.] Cameroon K003344863 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [6530] Chad K003344856 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946321 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [3193] Zimbabwe K003571464 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11003] Malawi K003571398 Yes
Burger, W. [1384] Ethiopia K003325997 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1815] Tanzania K003361932 Yes
Lebrun, J. [1643] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344874 Yes
Cole, M. [C24] Tanzania K003361942 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1404] Uganda K003361854 Yes
Tanner, R. [4976] Tanzania K003361903 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [158] Zambia K003571428 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2041] Tanzania K003361912 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3103] Kenya K003361873 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [7038] Zambia K003571431 Yes
Kalema, J. [3366] Uganda K003361860 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2561] Tanzania K003361911 Yes
Sandwith, C. [4] Zambia K003571416 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Wondefrash, M.; Ermias Getachew [10443] Ethiopia K003325977 Yes
McLeish, I. [2554] Oman K003561071 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1154] Uganda K003361847 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7412] Tanzania K003361952 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1718] Ethiopia K003325988 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [9202] Saudi Arabia K003561062 Yes
Ruffo [1441] Tanzania K003361928 Yes
Thulin, M.; Mohamed, B.A. [6847] Somalia K003326002 Yes
Audry, P. [B61] Chad K003344854 Yes
s.coll. [11B] Malawi K003571409 Yes
s.coll. [34] Mozambique K003571404 Yes
Emson, H.E. [70] Tanzania K003361920 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Høst, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6888/A] Ethiopia K003325992 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1073] Zambia K003571425 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000245067 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003325959 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1682] Botswana K003571496 Yes
Balsinhas, A.; Marrime, L.; Coll, A.B. [348] Mozambique K003571392 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Rushworth, J.E.; Mavi, S. [1838] Zimbabwe K003571470 Yes
s.coll. [3607] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004006009 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [841] Sudan K003325960 Yes
Clayden, R. [DC612] Nigeria K003816412 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [26249] Kenya K003361871 Yes
[Dimter] [7362] Namibia K002946296 Yes
Kornas, J. [1576] Zambia K003571434 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10066] Yemen K003561069 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [450] Sudan K003325957 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8560] Zambia K001574817 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8422] Zambia K001574806 Yes
Tompsett, B.P. [8] Ethiopia K003325998 Yes
D. [CosHey] [DC/522] Oman K003561070 Yes
Senderayi, E. [152] Zimbabwe K003571474 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1884] Sudan K003325968 Yes
McDonald, J. [837] Kenya K003361877 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K003571410 Yes
Jacobsen, E. (Mrs.) [36] Tanzania K003361901 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [82] Malawi K003571402 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9624] Tanzania K003361949 Yes
Procter, J. [3330] Tanzania K003361915 Yes
Petre, C. [s.n.] Zambia K003571427 Yes
Hazel, B. [619] Uganda K003361866 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2064] Cote d'Ivoire K003816443 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [22468] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344873 Yes
Humbert, H.; Begue, A.; Capuron, R. [29612] Madagascar K003572418 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6137] Saudi Arabia K003561064 Yes
Codd, L.E.; [R. H. Dyer] [3819] South Africa K002946305 Yes
Bille, J.C. [2189] Central African Republic K003344855 Yes
de Aguiar Macedo, J.M. [5089] Mozambique K003571381 Yes
[K Dambo] [432] Ghana K003816452 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [3631] South Africa K002946304 Yes
Procter, J. [3670] Tanzania K003361916 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [1031] Zimbabwe K003571486 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Marrime, L.; Lemos [341] Mozambique K003571382 Yes
Bally [723] Kenya K003361882 Yes
Cope, T.A. [417] Oman K003561075 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [F1526] Egypt K003561080 Yes
Willan, R.L. [488] Tanzania K003361943 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB5549] Kenya K003361888 Yes
Scott-Smith; Ward [48] South Africa K002946318 Yes
Giessler [s.n.] Burkina Faso K003816446 Yes
Schlechter, R. [4658] South Africa K002946309 Yes
Barter, C. [s.n.] Nigeria K003816398 Yes
Mundy, H.G. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003571479 Yes
Davis, R.L. [30] Tanzania K003361940 Yes
Butler, F.B. [101] Kenya K003361887 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [A71] Zambia K003571418 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/60] Malawi K003571412 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [881] Nigeria K003816410 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9211] Oman K003561077 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K003361862 Yes
Plowes, D.C. [1558] Zimbabwe K003571482 Yes
Lisowski, S. [520] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344867 Yes
Lynes, H. [520] Sudan K003325965 Yes
Basera, C. [351] Zimbabwe K003571467 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946320 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816459 Yes
Botta [s.n.] Yemen K003561068 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. (Dr.) [272] Nigeria K003816408 Yes
Langdale-Brown [329] Uganda K003361858 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [1551] Zambia K003571422 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10087] Zambia K003571417 Yes
Crook, A.O. [741] Zimbabwe K003571473 Yes
s.coll. [2580] Zimbabwe K003571457 Yes
Oteke, J. [194] Tanzania K003361930 Yes
Rattray [87] Zimbabwe K001665947 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Phillips, S.; Tefera, D. [8966] Ethiopia K003325979 Yes
Therold, C.A. [287] Ghana K003816453 Yes
Cole, E. [s.n.] Somalia K003326004 Yes
Davies, R.M. [3126] Zimbabwe K003571468 Yes
Champion, A.M. [T7] Kenya K003361869 Yes
Lyne Watt, W. [1407] Kenya K003361876 Yes
[G. D. Harples] [B2] Malawi K003571413 Yes
Scholz [s.n.] Burkina Faso K003816445 Yes
Santini, S. [0990] Uganda K003361859 Yes
[R. D. Fitt] [147] Zimbabwe K003571478 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2080] Tanzania K003361904 Yes
Bakker, W. [304] Kenya K003361868 Yes
Stewart, J.R.M. [127] Zambia K003571423 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10070] Malawi K003571399 Yes
Fitt [147] Zimbabwe K001665948 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D190] Tanzania K003361938 Yes
Froment, D. [314] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344882 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [25422] South Africa K002946299 Yes
Verdcourt [2800] Tanzania K003361933 Yes
[Cannedx] [338] Tanzania K003361897 Yes
Sandwith, C. [169] Zambia K003571419 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Høst, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6963] Ethiopia K003325993 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8571] Burundi K003344886 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [528] Guinea K003816439 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC9955] Ghana K003816456 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [199] Ethiopia K003325978 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1805] Tanzania K003361898 Yes
de Winter, B. [29I0] Namibia K002946288 Yes
McLeish, I. [1418] Oman K003561073 Yes
Winter, J. [2295] Zimbabwe K003571458 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1732] Sudan K003325956 Yes
Emson, H.E. [117] Tanzania K003361917 Yes
Crook, A.O. [928] Zimbabwe K003571465 Yes
[Dinter] [7362] Namibia K002946292 Yes
Michael Fay, J.; Ngaindiro, S.; Jules, F.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K003344859 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2140] Botswana K003571492 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23864] Tanzania K003361945 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5456] Tanzania K000190686 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1831] Zimbabwe K003571447 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1268] Nigeria K003816403 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7862] South Sudan K003325972 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A. [4246] Mozambique K003571387 Yes
Basera, C. [351] Zimbabwe K003571466 Yes
Vigne, C. [4680] Ghana K003816449 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [742] Zambia K003571424 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24292] Tanzania K003361924 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1478] Ethiopia K003325981 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI62254] Nigeria K003816402 Yes
Crook, A.O. [490] Zimbabwe K003571480 Yes
Akpabia, G.K. [362] Ghana K003816455 Yes
[Scotta] [230] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344870 Yes
Naegelé, A. [RPB/83-19] Benin K003816397 Yes
Davies, R.M. [149] Zimbabwe K003571463 Yes
Mazzocchi-Alemanni, N. [242] Angola K003571507 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3481] Botswana K003571497 Yes
Leonard, A. [4328] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344879 Yes
Gillman, H. [179] Tanzania K003361936 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [56] Zambia K003571426 No
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC3714] Tanzania K003361895 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [6529] Central African Republic K003344857 Yes
Harris, L.D. [272] Tanzania K003361937 No
Scheepers, J.C. [603] South Africa K002946297 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [1011] Botswana K003571493 Yes
West, O. [2185] Zimbabwe K003571452 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [72] Botswana K003571500 Yes
Cole, M. [C25] Tanzania K003361941 Yes
Gereau, R. [1282] Ethiopia K003325990 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [2071KBS] Zambia K003571438 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [s.n.] Uganda K003361865 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D.; K. Vollesen [8306] Ethiopia K003325986 Yes
Burnett, G.F. [s.n.] Tanzania K003361907 Yes
Mitchison, N. [3] Botswana K003571501 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [711] Uganda K003361849 Yes
s.coll. [7147] Zimbabwe K003571450 Yes
Parsons, A.C. [10] Nigeria K003816411 Yes
Vet. Research [24] Zambia K003571432 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [15A] Tanzania K003361925 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1714] South Africa K002946317 Yes
Gomes Sousa, A. [1370] Mozambique K003571391 Yes
Phiri, R. [149] Zambia K003571442 Yes
Schweickerdt; [Clerdooren] [449] South Africa K002946311 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344871 Yes
Simon, B.K. [383] Zimbabwe K003571469 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Macuacua, L. [62] Mozambique K003571393 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [3818] South Africa K002946306 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003325966 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [590] Botswana K003571498 Yes
Newbould, J.; Harley, R.M. [4406] Tanzania K003361931 Yes
Geilinger, W. [1998] Tanzania K003361894 Yes
de Koning, J.; Boane, C. [8716] Mozambique K003571383 Yes
Blair, I.J. [82] Sudan K003325974 Yes
Chandler, P. [709] Uganda K003361863 Yes
Cameron, K.J. [21] Malawi K001665946 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2698] Tanzania K003361905 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [30] Malawi K003571406 Yes
Schimper [1476] Ethiopia K000366404 Type Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5584] Namibia K002946295 Yes
Crook, A.O. [865] Zimbabwe K003571472 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K003325950 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002946301 Yes
Davies, R. [1272] Zimbabwe K003571481 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5077] Oman K003561079 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24325] Zimbabwe K003571459 Yes
Capstick, J. [2332] Zimbabwe K003571456 Yes
Brueckner, A. [194] South Africa K002946319 Yes
Welwitsch [7245] Angola K003571506 Yes
Langdale-Brown [314] Uganda K003361852 No
Pócs, T. [6706/D] Tanzania K003361919 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7412] Tanzania K003361953 Yes
Pawek, J. [11014] Malawi K003571397 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14390] Tanzania K003361935 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4457] Sierra Leone K003816442 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [1804] Zimbabwe K003571483 Yes
[Thoning] [351] Guinea K003816441 Yes
Davies, R. [1061] Zimbabwe K003571487 Yes
Blair, I.J. [170] Sudan K003325967 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6918] Burundi K003344885 Yes
Fenner, J.E.L. [328] Malawi K003571414 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [8228] Zimbabwe K003571440 Yes
Kornas, J. [1997] Zambia K003571435 Yes
Phillips, L. [s.n.] Somalia K003326003 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [711] Uganda K003361850 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [3172] South Africa K002946307 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [1646] Nigeria K003816407 Yes
Verdcourt [5314] Kenya K003361875 Yes
[Cloencus] [1724] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344872 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [204] Ghana K003816454 Yes
Thomas, M. [JH3998] Uganda K003361857 Yes
Jackson, G. [1111970] Nigeria K003816413 Yes
Pirozynski, K.A. [P542] Tanzania K003361944 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [417A] Zimbabwe K003571475 Yes
Ward, E.T. [P52] Tanzania K003361939 Yes
Emson, H.E. [235] Tanzania K003361918 Yes
Khattab; Simpson, N.D. [6326a] Egypt K003561083 Yes
Pappi, A. [6004] Eritrea K003325975 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1590] Egypt K003561082 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI22273] Nigeria K003816400 Yes
Rees, A.F. [89] Tanzania K003361891 No
Collenette, I.S. [4210] Saudi Arabia K003561063 Yes
Angus, A. [1353] Zambia K003571439 Yes
Liben [150] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344881 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [6262] Cameroon K003344858 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11379] Tanzania K003361951 Yes
Jacobsen, E. (Mrs.) [s.n.] Tanzania K003361899 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2705] Sudan K003325969 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [337] Zimbabwe K003571490 Yes
s.coll. [384] Nigeria K003816405 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB867] Kenya K003361885 Yes
Welch, J.R. [150] Tanzania K003361909 Yes
Myers, J.G. [11917] Sudan K003325955 Yes

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