Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis mahrana Schweinf.

First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 38 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Ethiopia

Native to:

Oman, Somalia, Yemen

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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sanadiki, N. [18] Yemen K003561510 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [3176] Somalia K003325574 Yes
Gallagher, M.D.; Harrison, I.D. [8957/15] Oman K003561513 Yes
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Langstrom [8002] Yemen K003561507 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B7246] Somalia K003325583 Yes
Gallagher, M.D.; Harrison, I.D. [8957/9] Oman K003561512 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4433] Somalia K003325584 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [7964] Oman K003561516 Yes
McLeish, I. [3236] Oman K003561514 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2378] Somalia K003325578 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15609] Somalia K003325576 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [614] Somalia K003325582 Yes
McLeish, I. [1401] Oman K003561515 Yes
Monod, T. [17442] Yemen K003561509 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4754] Somalia K003325581 Yes
Sanadiki, N. [19] Yemen K003561511 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15650] Somalia K003325575 Yes
Boulos, L.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen K003561508 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S47] Somalia K003325579 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S47] Somalia K003325580 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.A. [208] K000643405 Unknown Type Material Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5499] Oman K003561517 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2352] Somalia K003325577 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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