Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis bergiana (Kunth) Trin.

First published in Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 70 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Namibia

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pillans, N. [1850] South Africa K002945949 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [1746] South Africa K002945945 Yes
Retief, E.; Germishuizen, G. [256] South Africa K002945958 Yes
Fries, T.C.E. [1762] South Africa K002945956 Yes
Burchell [2789] South Africa K002945955 Yes
Garside, S. [4791] South Africa K002945962 Yes
Smook, L. [3923] South Africa K002945961 Yes
de Winter, B. [3595] South Africa K002945954 Yes
Giess, W. [2523] Namibia K002945942 Yes
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K002945946 Yes
Giess, W.; Volk, O.H.; Bleissner, B. [5196] Namibia K002945943 Yes
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K002945947 Yes
Davy, J.B. [s.n.] South Africa K002945948 Yes
Bolus [552] South Africa K002945952 Yes
van Broembsen, H. [57] South Africa K002945959 Yes
MacOwan, P. [1288] South Africa K002945950 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002945944 Yes
Bolus, B. [552] South Africa K002945951 Yes
Salter, T.M. [6323] South Africa K002945957 Yes
Smook, L. [3923] South Africa K002945960 Yes
Rehmann, A. [2845] South Africa K002945953 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0