Eragrostis obtusa Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern
First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 32 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cape Provinces, Free State, Lesotho, Northern Provinces
Introduced into:
Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Briza geniculata Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 21 (1794)
- Briza nigra Burch. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 283 (1854)
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.
- 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
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Feb 1, 1952 | Burchell [2752], Cape Province | K000365722 | syntype | Yes | |
Feb 1, 1952 | Burchell [6527], Cape Province | K000365723 | syntype | Yes | |
Feb 1, 1952 | Burchell [1978], Cape Province | K000365724 | syntype | Yes | |
Feb 1, 1952 | Zeyher [s.n.], Cape Province | K000365725 | syntype | Yes | |
Feb 1, 1952 | Cooper, T. [657], Cape Province | K000365726 | syntype | Yes | |
Feb 1, 1952 | Bolus [368], Cape Province | K000365727 | syntype | Yes |
Sources
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0