Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis camerunensis Clayton

First published in Kew Bull. 20: 265 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Cameroon. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Nigeria

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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 20: 265 (1966).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2261], Cameroon K000436553 No
Jun 1, 1998 Zapfack, L. [1228], Cameroon K000339572 No
May 1, 1998 Asongani, J.N. [1324], Cameroon K000339571 No
May 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [9733], Cameroon K000339573 No
May 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2203], Cameroon K000339570 No
Aug 1, 1966 Coombe, D.E. [220], Cameroon K000366510 holotype Yes
Aug 1, 1966 Coombe, D.E. [220], Cameroon K000366511 isotype Yes
Aug 1, 1966 Brunt, M.A. [1027], Cameroon K000542023 No
Aug 1, 1966 Russell, T.A. [FHI 28433], Cameroon K000542025 No
Aug 1, 1966 Boughey, A.S. [10861], Cameroon K000542024 No
Aug 1, 1966 Pedder, J. W. R. [23], Cameroon K000542020 No
Aug 1, 1966 Maitland, T.D. [10 A], Cameroon K000542016 No
Bauer, P.J. [36], Cameroon K000542019 No
Boughey, A.S. [GC 10445], Cameroon K000542021 No
Coll. Nat. d'Agric. de Dschang [1788], Cameroon K000542014 No
Lowe J. [2959], Cameroon K000542015 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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