Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis kennedyae F.Turner

First published in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 17: 535 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Australia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Great Britain

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.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1981 Kennedy, M.B. [s.n.] Australia K000643444 Type Yes
Mullen, A.W. [s.n.] Australia K003424791 No
Perry, R.A. [3384] Australia K003424784 No
Jenkins, G.F. [s.n.] Australia K003424790 No
Blake, S.T. [11035] Australia K003424786 No
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6259] Australia K003424787 No
Jacobs, S. [2183] Australia K003424792 No
Mckee, H.S. [8604] Australia K003424783 No
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6259] Australia K003424789 No
Blake, S.T. [12034] Australia K003424788 No
[M. D. Stuart] [s.n.] Australia K003424794 No
Blake, S.T. [5463] Australia K003424785 No
Vickery, J. [39] Australia K003424793 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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