Poaceae
Eragrostis

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

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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

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?
Feb 1, 1952 Bolus [368] 27CPPOO K000365727 Syntype Yes
Feb 1, 1952 Zeyher [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000365725 Syntype Yes
Feb 1, 1952 Burchell [6527] 27CPPOO K000365723 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1952 Burchell [2752] 27CPPOO K000365722 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1952 Burchell [1978] 27CPPOO K000365724 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1952 Cooper, T. [657] 27CPPOO K000365726 Syntype Yes
Davy, J.B. [17055] South Africa K002946043 Yes
Ferrar, E. [s.n.] South Africa K002946067 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [2552] South Africa K002946075 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [SA03/058] South Africa K002946029 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1829] South Africa K002946008 Yes
Sharpe, R.R. [7406] South Africa K002946045 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002945979 Yes
Smook, L. [002959] South Africa K002946013 Yes
s.coll. [103] K002945997 Yes
Potts, G. [2520] K002945993 Yes
Smook; Gibbs-Russell [2200] South Africa K002946007 Yes
Smook, L. [0000003015] South Africa K002946017 Yes
Smook, L. [002771] South Africa K002946012 Yes
Sandwith, C. [91] South Africa K002946035 Yes
Evans, I.B.P. [555] South Africa K002945965 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [17013] United Kingdom K003560932 Yes
Herre, H. [64] South Africa K002946039 Yes
Crook, A.O. [2399] South Africa K002946025 Yes
Smook, L. [3771] South Africa K002946047 Yes
Smith, C.A. [3932] South Africa K002946022 Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [198] South Africa K002946079 Yes
[A. Brueckner] [320] K002945988 Yes
Smook; Gibbs-Russell [2350] South Africa K002946020 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 115] South Africa K001611617 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 115] South Africa K001611616 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946070 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Mogg [2871] South Africa K002945966 Yes
Crook, A.O. [2409] South Africa K002946050 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002945976 Yes
[Bourgeaudabar] [s.n.] South Africa K002946069 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [3473] South Africa K002945994 Yes
Ferrar, E. [s.n.] South Africa K002946080 Yes
Henrici, M.G.A. [2711] South Africa K002946021 Yes
[A. Bruckener] [320] K002945990 Yes
Cooper, T. [657] South Africa K002946057 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946073 Yes
Appleton, A.F. [102] K002945996 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [627] South Africa K002946060 Yes
Bolus, H. [368] South Africa K002946056 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [2595] South Africa K002946041 Yes
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K002946053 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [2014] United Kingdom K003560934 Yes
Smook; Gibbs-Russell [2412] South Africa K002946014 Yes
Baur, R. [1063] South Africa K002946055 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946071 Yes
Pillans, N. [1791] South Africa K002945982 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1272] South Africa K002946002 Yes
Smook, L. [8454] South Africa K002946027 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002945980 Yes
Bowker [s.n.] South Africa K002946051 Yes
Godfrey, R.K. [[SH-1314]] South Africa K002945984 Yes
Smook, L. [3771] South Africa K002946031 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [627] South Africa K002946034 Yes
Story, R. [836] South Africa K002945974 Yes
Brueckner, A. [75] South Africa K002946065 Yes
Smook, L. [6891] South Africa K002946026 Yes
Smook, L. [002846] South Africa K002946011 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946074 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [678] South Africa K002945963 Yes
Retief, E.; Germishuizen, [35] South Africa K002946030 Yes
MMC [115] South Africa K002945971 Yes
Smith, C.A. [3932] South Africa K002945999 Yes
Wilman, M. [K25] K002946005 Yes
Moran, J.C. [s.n.] K002945992 Yes
Theron, G.C. [1982] South Africa K002946078 Yes
Breze [s.n.] South Africa K002945968 Yes
Bolus, H. [2] South Africa K002945986 Yes
Ferrar, E. [s.n.] South Africa K002946032 Yes
Bowker [148] South Africa K002946052 Yes
Wipplinger, N. [7] South Africa K002946010 Yes
Zambatis, N. [61] South Africa K002945975 Yes
[A. P. Goosseurs] [976] South Africa K002945998 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [13744] South Africa K002945970 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [105] South Africa K002945972 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [1747] South Africa K002946063 Yes
{C. V. v. der Merwe} [1396] South Africa K002946072 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [1414] South Africa K002946064 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002946068 Yes
Wilman, M. [K23] South Africa K002945991 Yes
Ryves, B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003560933 Yes
Codd, L.E. [3524] South Africa K002946066 Yes
s.coll. [21511] South Africa K002945977 Yes
Muller, P. [534] South Africa K002946038 Yes
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6044] South Africa K002945981 Yes
Werger, M.J.A. [212] South Africa K002946003 Yes
Muller, D.B. [844] South Africa K002946009 Yes
s.coll. [22] South Africa K002945967 Yes
Morris; Engelbrecht [26] South Africa K002945973 Yes
Taylor, H.C. [7820] South Africa K002946044 Yes
Smook, L. [4600] South Africa K002946024 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [678] South Africa K002945964 Yes
Swan, J.A. [s.n.] South Africa K002946077 Yes
Smook; Gibbs-Russell [2159] South Africa K002946015 Yes
[A. Brueckner] [75] South Africa K002946006 Yes
Smook, L. [6936] South Africa K002946028 Yes
J. H. G. [Greyveuotein] [15] South Africa K002946062 Yes
Shaw, J. [2] South Africa K002946033 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17073] South Africa K002945969 Yes
[A. P. Poosseus] [640] South Africa K002946019 Yes
Ferrar, E. [s.n.] K002945989 Yes
Archibald, E.E.A. [4016] South Africa K002945985 Yes
Brueckner, A. [1052] South Africa K002945978 Yes
Smook, L. [002727] South Africa K002946016 Yes
Smook, L. [3867] South Africa K002946049 Yes
Smook, L. [3791] South Africa K002946048 Yes
van Heerden, M.M. [93] South Africa K002946004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002945983 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K002946000 No
Crook, A.O. [2389] South Africa K002946023 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [906] South Africa K002946061 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4044] South Africa K002945995 Yes
Van Broembsen, H. [55] South Africa K002946081 Yes
Jacot Guillarmod, A. [3982] South Africa K002946036 Yes
Schlechter, R. [2554] South Africa K002946040 Yes
MacOwan, P. [1277] South Africa K002946058 Yes
Parker, R.N. [4418] South Africa K002946037 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [1363] South Africa K002946042 Yes
Chennels, D. [[7]] South Africa K002946018 Yes
Smook, L. [3448] South Africa K002946046 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002946076 Yes
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K002946054 Yes
[A. Bueckner] [331] K002945987 Yes

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