Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis inamoena K.Schum.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 115 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 33(1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 19(1947).
  • K. Schum. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 115 (1895).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 32(1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 23, 2019 Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide) [JO1596] Mozambique K001346421 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K003570416 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16228] Zimbabwe K003570514 Yes
Murray-Hudson, M.A.; Murray-Hudson, F.J. [015] Botswana K003570549 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [9948] Zambia K003570428 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [11] Mozambique K003570409 Yes
Greenway [2743] Tanzania K003361352 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1681] Zimbabwe K003570499 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A150] Zambia K003570426 Yes
Dye, P. [513] Zimbabwe K003570480 Yes
Story, R. [1630] South Africa K002945251 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [11] Mozambique K003570410 Yes
Smith, P.A. [338] Botswana K003570544 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24197] Zimbabwe K003570475 Yes
Mundy, H.G. [5420] Zimbabwe K003570526 Yes
J.A.W. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570455 Yes
Davies, R. [D1006] Zimbabwe K003570532 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1178] Zambia K003570431 No
Davies, R.M. [1814] Zimbabwe K003570537 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3586] Botswana K003570543 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1935] Tanzania K003361343 Yes
Walters, J.A.T. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570462 Yes
de Koning, J. [7705] Mozambique K003570414 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [361] Mozambique K003570417 Yes
Chase, N.C. [5396] Zimbabwe K003570517 Yes
Brain, C.K. [4934] Zimbabwe K003570494 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1694] South Africa K002945255 Yes
Simon; Williamson; Richards; Vesey-Fitzgerald [1551] Zambia K003570432 Yes
Edwards, D. [04351] Botswana K003570541 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3036] Namibia K002945238 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2212] Zimbabwe K003570489 Yes
Kirk [s.n.] Mozambique K001665933 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1524] Kenya K003361335 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28661] Mozambique K003570407 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [679] Malawi K003570420 Yes
Williamson, D.T. [3] Botswana K003570555 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4777] Tanzania K003361346 Yes
Mukwende, C. [281394] Zimbabwe K003570472 Yes
Moss, C.E. [16618] South Africa K002945240 Yes
Corby, H.D.L. [230] Zimbabwe K003570528 Yes
Smith, P.A. [774] Botswana K003570542 Yes
Brain, C.K. [7254] Zimbabwe K003570492 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1907] Zambia K003570423 Yes
s.coll. [9640] Angola K003570559 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8356] Zambia K003570433 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [3206] Zimbabwe K003570500 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7290] Zambia K003570444 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [2330] Tanzania K003361347 Yes
Saagrief, S.C. [2282] Zambia K003570434 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1326] Zambia K003570441 Yes
Sheppard, S.D. [281377] Zimbabwe K003570473 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [269] Zimbabwe K003570468 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [H2313] Zimbabwe K003570483 Yes
Nyariri, P. [480] Zimbabwe K003570490 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [T26] Tanzania K003361349 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570474 Yes
Smith, C.A. [6155] South Africa K002945246 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16122] Zambia K003570435 Yes
Pope, G.; Biegel, H.; Russell, E. [825] Botswana K003570556 Yes
Brain, C.K. [3211] Zimbabwe K003570478 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [4548] Mozambique K003570411 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [257] Mozambique K003570408 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [236] South Africa K002945245 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1876] Tanzania K003361345 Yes
Davies, R.M. [314] Zimbabwe K003570469 Yes
Strey, R. [2820] South Africa K002945252 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [4548] Mozambique K003570412 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [9169] South Africa K002945260 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15799] Zimbabwe K003570515 Yes
Davies, R.M. [3144] Zimbabwe K003570501 Yes
Murray-Hudson, M.A.; Murray-Hudson, F.J. [013] Botswana K003570548 Yes
West, O. [2636] Zimbabwe K003570493 Yes
Tanner, R. [2867] Tanzania K003361342 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15953] Zimbabwe K003570523 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1541] Zambia K003570436 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1722] South Africa K002945253 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15745] Zimbabwe K003570521 Yes
Chipunga, L. [G39] Zimbabwe K003570479 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1080] Tanzania K000366363 Type Yes
Greenway [5349] Tanzania K003361341 Yes
de Koning, J. [7830] Mozambique K003570406 Yes
Vorster, P. [1989] Mozambique K003570400 Yes
Fitt, R.W. [108] Zimbabwe K003570465 Yes
Smith, P.A. [4076] Botswana K003570546 Yes
Bourquin, O. [625] South Africa K002945264 Yes
Brain, C.K. [995] Zimbabwe K003570456 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [3029] Zimbabwe K003570481 Yes
Walters, J.A.T. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570463 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2765] Angola K003570563 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N501] South Africa K002945265 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [559] South Africa K002945242 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A114] Zambia K003570447 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6696] Zambia K003570442 Yes
Fitt, R.W. [143] Zimbabwe K003570466 Yes
Brain, C.K. [315] Zimbabwe K003570464 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [12356] Zambia K003570422 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9374] Zambia K001574825 Yes
Schweickerdt [s.n.] Mozambique K003570402 Yes
Thomson, W.R. [34] Zimbabwe K003570510 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [4145] Tanzania K003361344 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [10] Mozambique K003570415 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [128] Zimbabwe K003570504 Yes
Jenkinson [[3]017] South Africa K002945262 Yes
Jackson, G. [687] Malawi K003570419 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15805] Zimbabwe K003570519 Yes
Miller, O.B. [1584] Zimbabwe K003570531 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1484] Zimbabwe K003570477 Yes
Hunds, J.H. [309] Zambia K003570421 Yes
s.coll. [13519] Angola K003570562 Yes
Miller, O.B. [2280] Zimbabwe K003570533 Yes
Eyles, F. [1999] Zimbabwe K003570486 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [559] South Africa K002945243 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [61] Zimbabwe K003570467 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [9169] South Africa K002945258 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [887] Botswana K003570540 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [207] Zimbabwe K003570471 Yes
Davies, R. [928] Zimbabwe K003570495 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1810] Zambia K003570443 Yes
Lovemore, D.F. [523] Zimbabwe K003570538 Yes
Rushworth, J.E. [1478] Zimbabwe K003570502 Yes
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [4108] Zimbabwe K003570482 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1408] Tanzania K003361340 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24145] Tanzania K003361348 Yes
Davy, J.B. [18419] South Africa K002945248 Yes
Jackson, G. [700] Malawi K003570418 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [39] Zimbabwe K003570505 Yes
Codd, L.E. [2335] South Africa K002945241 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1130] Zambia K003570446 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1895] Zambia K003570445 Yes
H.G.M. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570454 Yes
Stent, S.M. [3498] Zimbabwe K003570458 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5728] Zambia K003570424 Yes
Moss; Rogus [303] South Africa K002945247 Yes
Smook, L. [4448] South Africa K002945259 Yes
Lovemore, D.F. [523] Zimbabwe K003570534 Yes
Reid, C. [1062] South Africa K002945261 Yes
Murray-Hudson, M.A.; Murray-Hudson, F.J. [016] Botswana K003570550 Yes
Van Rensberg, H.J. [KBS3002] Zambia K003570425 Yes
Simon, B.K. [963] Zimbabwe K003570530 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16286] Zimbabwe K003570524 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [483] Botswana K003570545 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1755] Botswana K003570553 Yes
Coetzer, L.A. [39] South Africa K002945249 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [9169] South Africa K002945256 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [7950] Tanzania K003361339 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [29142] Mozambique K003570413 Yes
Fitt, R.W. [143] Zimbabwe K003570487 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15732] Zimbabwe K003570520 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [130/55] Zimbabwe K003570503 Yes
Robinson, W.A. [61] Zimbabwe K003570470 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8708] Tanzania K003361350 Yes
Smuts, J.C.; Gillett, M.C. [3170] South Africa K002945250 Yes
Rateray, J.W. [247] Zimbabwe K003570457 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1995] Botswana K003570552 Yes
J.A.S. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570535 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24396] Mozambique K003570401 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [49] Zimbabwe K003570498 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2760] Angola K003570561 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1845] Kenya K003361336 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1108] Uganda K003361331 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [952] Zambia K003570429 Yes
van Laviesen; Sayer; Rees [406] Zambia K003570430 Yes
Holub, E. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570527 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [9169] South Africa K002945257 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [749] Botswana K003570558 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2404] Angola K003570564 Yes
H.G.M. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570485 Yes
Robertson, F.J. [610] Botswana K003570557 Yes
Crook, A.O. [937] Zimbabwe K003570516 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570476 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [2057] Zambia K003570448 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [294] Botswana K003570539 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15806] Zimbabwe K003570512 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Kabuye, C.H.S. [71/565] Kenya K003361337 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [[98A]] Zimbabwe K003570509 Yes
Chiparawasha, O. [300] Zimbabwe K003570506 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [2352] Mozambique K003570403 Yes
Walter, J.A.S. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570459 Yes
Craster, W. (Mrs.) [4] Zimbabwe K003570453 Yes
Capstick, J. [2324] Zimbabwe K003570461 Yes
s.coll. [1983] Kenya K003361333 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. [8015] Zimbabwe K003570511 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2641] Botswana K003570547 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [456] South Africa K000365746 Syntype Yes
Galpin, E.E. [456] South Africa K000365747 Syntype Yes
Galpin, E.E. [456] South Africa K000365745 Syntype Yes
Otterson, G.W. [4115] Zimbabwe K003570529 Yes
Murray-Hudson, M.A.; Murray-Hudson, F.J. [017] Botswana K003570551 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16190] Zimbabwe K003570518 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [421] Zimbabwe K003570491 Yes
[J. W. S. Waker] [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570497 Yes
White, F. [6264] Zambia K003570427 No
Faulkner, H.G. [4516] Tanzania K003361338 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [5/40] Zambia K003570450 Yes
Edwards, G. [14977] South Africa K002945239 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15859] Zimbabwe K003570525 Yes
Davies, R.M. [3072] Zimbabwe K003570507 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1432] Zambia K003570437 Yes
Brain, C.K. [7264] Zimbabwe K003570496 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [1120] Zimbabwe K003570452 Yes
Codd, L.E. [5375] South Africa K002945254 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2373] Angola K003570565 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16056] Zimbabwe K003570522 Yes
Mundy, H.G. [230] Zimbabwe K003570460 Yes
Simon, B.K. [2318] Zimbabwe K003570508 Yes
Shabani, R. [s.n.] Tanzania K003361351 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N228] South Africa K002945263 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1255] Zambia K003570439 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [4381] Uganda K003361332 Yes
Gomes Pedro, J. [4556] Mozambique K003570404 Yes
Van Rensberg, H.J. [2573 KBS] Zambia K003570440 Yes
Crook, A.O. [946] Zimbabwe K003570513 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1684A] Botswana K003570554 Yes
Walters, J.A.T. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003570484 Yes
Lloyd, M.L. [2373] Zimbabwe K003570451 Yes
Siame, W. [617] Zambia K003570438 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1681] Zimbabwe K003570536 Yes
Hindorf [213] Mozambique K003570405 Yes

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