Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis caesia Stapf

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 599 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Great Britain

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.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. 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

  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 27, 1953 Dieterlen [779] Lesotho K000365847 Type Yes
Jul 27, 1953 Dieterlen [779] Lesotho K000365844 Type Yes
Jul 27, 1953 Dieterlen [779] Lesotho K000365845 Type Yes
Jul 27, 1953 Dieterlen [779] Lesotho K000365846 Type Yes
West, O. [786] South Africa K003572776 Yes
Smook, L. [7123] Lesotho K003572811 Yes
Smook, L. [1167] South Africa K003572784 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N486] Lesotho K003572802 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [03177] South Africa K003572782 Yes
Story, R. [3433] South Africa K003572794 Yes
Lubke, R.A. [235] Lesotho K003572803 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8145] South Africa K003572772 Yes
Smook, L. [2001] South Africa K003572769 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N486a] Lesotho K003572800 Yes
Smook, L. [2045] South Africa K003572768 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20407] South Africa K003572793 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1228] South Africa K003572787 Yes
Schmitz, M. [4135] Lesotho K003572805 Yes
Jacot-Guillarmod, A. [4023] Lesotho K003572799 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [11470] South Africa K003572777 Yes
Fisher; Schweickerdt [32245] South Africa K003572778 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [1025] South Africa K003572771 Yes
Schmitz, H. [226] Lesotho K003572804 Yes
Davidse, G. [6991] South Africa K003572773 Yes
Roberts [5308] South Africa K003572774 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1321] South Africa K003572780 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15512] South Africa K003572786 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16564] South Africa K003572801 Yes
Davidse, G.; Simon, B.; Pope, G. [6566] Zimbabwe K003572369 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [6923] South Africa K003572796 Yes
Schmitz, M. [4167] Lesotho K003572807 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1171] South Africa K003572765 Yes
Smook, L. [1060] South Africa K003572790 Yes
Schmitz, M. [4135] Lesotho K003572809 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1228] South Africa K003572779 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [17468] South Africa K003572763 Yes
Schmitz, M. [4126] Lesotho K003572808 Yes
Muller, P.J.; Scheepers, J.C. [186] South Africa K003572766 Yes
[H von Boembse] [122] South Africa K003572795 Yes
Smook, L. [1389] South Africa K003572783 Yes
Smook, L. [1205] South Africa K003572785 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [17468] South Africa K003572762 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [2414] South Africa K000366230 Type Yes
Bester, S.P. [2309] South Africa K003572797 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2512] South Africa K003572788 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [977] Lesotho K003572806 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [15725] South Africa K003572792 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [1026] South Africa K003572770 Yes
Muller, P.J.; Scheepers, J.C. [186] South Africa K003572764 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2292] South Africa K003572767 Yes
Manning, J.C.; Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17260] South Africa K003572789 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [21771] South Africa K003572791 Yes
Compton, R.H. [31406] Eswatini K003572798 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Vahrmeijer, J. [3726] South Africa K003572781 Yes
Smook, L. [7295] Lesotho K003572810 Yes
Buchanan [240] South Africa K000366229 Lectotype Yes
McClean; Bayer [316] South Africa K003572775 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

    • '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