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

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?
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

  • 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

    • 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 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

  • 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