Eragrostis chalarothyrsos C.E.Hubb.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 310 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Tanzania. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda

Classification

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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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1936: 310.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. E. Hubbard in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1936: 310 (1936).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 390 (1972).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1935 Glanville, R.R. [240] Sierra Leone K000366507 Type Yes
McDonald, J. [814] Kenya K003361380 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4053] Kenya K003361372 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3408] Central African Republic K003344736 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2784] Kenya K003361391 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [RRG240] Sierra Leone K003816182 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K003361393 Yes
Thomas, A. [Th4082] Uganda K003361353 Yes
Chandler, P. [1073] Uganda K003361366 Yes
Napier, E.R. [1555] Kenya K003361383 Yes
Raynal, J. [20781] Rwanda K003344737 Yes
Katende, A.B. [K1102] Kenya K003361388 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC322] Ghana K003816184 Yes
Troupin, G. [6161] Rwanda K003344738 Yes
Rose, F. [10079] Uganda K003361360 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1844] Kenya K003361389 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25032] Kenya K003361375 Yes
Bogdan, A. [309 AB] Kenya K003361373 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3141] Central African Republic K003344735 Yes
Wood, D. [842] Kenya K003361390 Yes
Fiennes, R.N. [143] Uganda K003361364 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Ermias, D. [8441] Ethiopia K003325872 Yes
Langdale-Brown [1841] Uganda K003361367 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 5312] Kenya K003361385 Yes
Namaganda, M. [1108] Uganda K003361363 Yes
Geesteranus, R.A.M. [5217] Kenya K003361386 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2885] Uganda K003361355 Yes
Powell, H. [16] Kenya K003361374 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24821] Kenya K003361377 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1411] Uganda K003361354 Yes
Langdale-Brown [1898] Uganda K003361369 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [[K]126] Kenya K003361384 Yes
Linton, A. [181] Kenya K003361376 Yes
Williams, G.R. [135] Kenya K003361387 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3859] Uganda K003361357 Yes
Langdale-Brown [2029] Uganda K003361368 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [973] Uganda K003361356 Yes
Piemeisel, R.L.; Kephart, L.W. [24] Kenya K003361378 Yes
McDonald, J. [787] Kenya K003361379 Yes
Langdale-Brown [2050] Uganda K003361370 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3599] Uganda K003361371 Yes
Chandler, P. [707a] Uganda K003361365 Yes
Harker, K.W. [380] Uganda K003361362 Yes
Napper, D. (Miss) [1529] Kenya K003361382 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816183 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [690] Uganda K003361359 Yes
Eggeling, W.J.; Eggeling, J.E. [E5251] Uganda K003361358 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1670] Kenya K003361381 Yes
Wilson, J. [1685] Uganda K003361361 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2418] Tanzania K003361392 Yes

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