Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis dinteri Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 29 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Angola to Botswana. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Namibia

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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dinter, M.K. [7540] Namibia K002946852 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1365] Botswana K003571261 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2134] Namibia K002946838 Yes
Bradfield, R.D. [65 A] Namibia K002946851 Yes
Story, R. [5094] Botswana K003571257 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [637] Botswana K003571263 Yes
Bradfield [65] Namibia K002946853 Yes
Dinter, M.K. [484] Namibia K002946856 Yes
Broun, R.C. [8809] Botswana K003571262 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2292] Namibia K002946845 Yes
Volk, O.H. [150] Namibia K002946844 Yes
s.coll. [B 8809] Botswana K001625339 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2856] Botswana K001612935 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2112] Namibia K002946843 Yes
Rügheimer, S.; Lutombi, D. [2509] Namibia K002946847 Yes
Volk, O.H. [30747] Namibia K002946840 Yes
Dinter [484] K000365690 Type Yes
Stigand, A.G. [s.n.] Namibia K002946835 Yes
Van Son, G. [28602] Botswana K003571259 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5412] Namibia K002946837 Yes
Boss, G. [s.n.] Namibia K002946836 Yes
Kotze, J.J. [94] Angola K003571266 Yes
Haekel, E. [s.n.] Namibia K000365691 Unknown Type Material Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [567] Botswana K003571260 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3371] Botswana K003571264 Yes
Kolberg, H.H.; Tholkes, T. [2775] Namibia K002946846 Yes
Schoenfelder, E.B. [S 574] Namibia K002946850 Yes
Engler, A. [6314] Namibia K002946849 Yes
Biegel; Muller; Russell, G. [4999] Botswana K003571255 Yes
Dinter, M.K. [7540] Namibia K002946854 Yes
Mavi, S. [1679] Botswana K003571265 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [4867] South Africa K002946834 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3894] Botswana K003571258 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2162] Namibia K002946839 Yes
Smook, L. [5220] Namibia K002946841 Yes
Engler, A. [6271] Namibia K002946848 Yes
Wild, H.; Drummond, R.B. [6880] Botswana K003571256 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/