Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis mildbraedii Pilg.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 95 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Botswana. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

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.
  • 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.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 19(1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 35(1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 19(1947).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 31(1960).
  • Pilg. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 95 (1909).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1932 Drummer, R. [2732] Uganda K000366385 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1932 Vanderyst [5005] Uganda K000366384 Type Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [519] Uganda K003326377 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [468] Tanzania K003326386 Yes
[Karent Chandler] [[lw83]] Uganda K003326374 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24899] Uganda K003326363 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [4876] Uganda K003326370 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th130] Uganda K003326378 Yes
Stuhlmann, F. [3305] Tanzania K003326389 Yes
Gillman, H. [57] Tanzania K003326388 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS3003] Zambia K003363446 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [471] Uganda K003326361 Yes
Wingfield, R. [349] Tanzania K003326385 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [740] Uganda K003326376 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2705] Uganda K003326369 Yes
Linder [3570] Rwanda K003816773 No
Langdale-Brown [1641] Uganda K003326375 Yes
s.coll. [1226] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003816774 No
Bouxin, G.; Radoux, M. [1490] Rwanda K003816772 No
Robinson, E.A. [6762] Zambia K003363442 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2943] Uganda K003326367 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1287] Uganda K003326381 Yes
Haarer, A., E. [2086] Tanzania K000366383 Type Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1116] Zambia K003363445 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [583] Uganda K003326364 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7289] Zambia K003363444 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs); Omari, A. [12321] Zambia K003363441 Yes
Wingfield, R. [151] Tanzania K003326384 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2713] Uganda K003326366 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2624] Uganda K003326368 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [583] Uganda K003326362 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K. [Ly-6468] Uganda K003326379 Yes
Geilinger, W. [2576] Tanzania K003326387 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Thomas, A.S. [7196] Uganda K003326373 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K.; Rwaburindore, P. [Lye3663] Uganda K003326372 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1463] Kenya K003326383 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [5005] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003816775 No
Dümmer, R. [2469] Uganda K003326365 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2680] Botswana K003363447 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [269] Zambia K003363443 Yes
West, O. [3263] Zambia K003363440 Yes
Jackson, G. [U157] Uganda K003326380 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7880] Kenya K003326382 Yes
Ndawula, M. [211] Uganda K003326371 Yes

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