Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis macrochlamys Pilg.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 346 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia

Introduced into:

Great Britain

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. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1931 Dinter [s.n.] Namibia K000365686 Type Yes
Coleman, M. [24] Botswana K003571317 Yes
Ortendahl, I. [441] Namibia K002946924 Yes
Boss, G. [s.n.] Namibia K002946920 Yes
de Winter, B. [2575] Namibia K002946925 Yes
Wilman [558] 27CPPOO K000365684 Type Yes
Wilman [558] 27CPPOO K000365685 Type Yes
Brain, C.K. [4064] Zimbabwe K002946914 Yes
Brewer, M.M. [3036] South Africa K002946931 Yes
Ferrar, E. [s.n.] South Africa K002946938 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2641] Botswana K003571319 Yes
Wilman [[1411]] South Africa K002946936 Yes
Seydel, R. [712] Namibia K002946917 Yes
Broun, R.C. [8788] Botswana K003571318 Yes
Bueckner, A. [208] South Africa K002946940 Yes
Dinter, M.K. [7101] Namibia K002946921 Yes
Strey, R.G. [2048] Namibia K002946922 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2816] Namibia K002946918 Yes
Dinter, M.K. [2140] Namibia K002946927 Yes
Jaffers [4431] Zimbabwe K002946913 Yes
de Winter; Hardy [80I8] Namibia K002946912 Yes
Dinter, M.K. [2140] Namibia K002946928 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [18841] South Africa K002946950 Yes
Seydel, R. [4352] Namibia K002946916 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946930 Yes
Paton, M. [3139] South Africa K002946932 Yes
de Winter; Hardy [8I08] Namibia K002946911 No
Paton, M. [5571] South Africa K002946939 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2255] Namibia K002946910 Yes
Paton, M. [5571] South Africa K002946937 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [18841] South Africa K002946949 Yes
Ferrar, E. [[6104]] South Africa K002946948 Yes
Swan, J.A. [s.n.] South Africa K002946935 Yes
Ferrar, E. [6103] South Africa K002946947 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2216] Namibia K002946926 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946929 Yes
Brueckner, A. [208] South Africa K002946934 Yes
Dinter, M.K. [7101] Namibia K002946923 Yes
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6111] South Africa K002946933 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2255] Namibia K002946909 Yes
Seydel, R. [3300] Namibia K002946915 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