Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis patens Oliv.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 175 (1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Gabon to Kenya and S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2019). Novitates Gabonenses 91: additons to the grass flora of Gabon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152: 99-105.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2019). Novitates Gabonenses 91: additons to the grass flora of Gabon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152: 99-105.
  • 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. 18(1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 35(1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 20 (1947).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 40(1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 29(1960).
  • Oliv. in T.L.S. 29: 175 (1875).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 160(1955).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS2832] Zambia K003363934 Yes
[Sperling] [s.n.] Tanzania K003327406 Yes
Mbago, F. [1034] Tanzania K003327413 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4959] Kenya K003327374 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14140] Tanzania K003327391 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1893KBS] Zambia K003363936 Yes
Weber, O. [239] Zimbabwe K003363941 Yes
[Friher]; [illegible] [246] Mozambique K003363893 Yes
Thorncroft, G. [40] South Africa K002939881 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2261] Zambia K003363935 Yes
Mullin, L.J. [14/55] Zimbabwe K003363966 Yes
Kornas, J. [1503] Zambia K003363927 Yes
Senderayi, E. [135] Zimbabwe K003363959 Yes
s.coll. [8839] Angola K003363981 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [12001] Mozambique K003363895 Yes
Hens, Fr. [328] Congo, Republic of the K000366485 Type Yes
Acre [E18] Zambia K003363911 Yes
s.coll. [B 1212] Botswana K001625341 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4447] Zimbabwe K003363948 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [s.n.] Tanzania K003327386 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [47] Zimbabwe K003363955 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [[17213]] Zimbabwe K003363954 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [T193] Tanzania K003327377 Yes
Bogdan, A. [1177AB] Kenya K003327369 Yes
Grout, G.E. [133] Zambia K003363928 Yes
B. Mhoro [1308] Tanzania K003327414 Yes
s.coll. [31] Tanzania K003327379 Yes
Ngoundai [34] Tanzania K003327415 Yes
Leistner, O.A.; Risatti, J.B.; Mauve, A.A. [3239] South Africa K002939882 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2590] Angola K003363980 Yes
Verdcourt [2813] Tanzania K003327397 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/220] Malawi K003363897 Yes
Fisher, B.S. [1594] Zimbabwe K003363942 Yes
H.G.M. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003363947 Yes
Phillips, E. [1542] Malawi K003363906 Yes
Couto, C. [338] Angola K003363976 Yes
Emson, H.E. [484] Tanzania K003327384 Yes
Davis, R.L. [286] Tanzania K003327399 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [649] Tanzania K003327402 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [232] Zimbabwe K003363944 Yes
Tanner, R. [4869] Tanzania K003327403 Yes
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. [398] South Africa K002939884 Yes
Fisher; [Schweicherdt] [200] Zimbabwe K003363969 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Hargreaves, B.J. [592] Malawi K003363905 Yes
Smith, C. [710a] Zimbabwe K003363972 Yes
Brass, L.J. [16346] Malawi K003363904 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1302] Zambia K003363932 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8421] Zambia K001553980 Yes
Backeus, I. [1284] Tanzania K003327390 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2576] Tanzania K003327416 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [40] Zambia K003363912 No
Brummitt, R.K. [11006] Malawi K003363907 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23901] Tanzania K003327408 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [139] Zimbabwe K003363968 Yes
Eyles [1647] Zimbabwe K001666149 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K003363902 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3750] Zambia K003363914 Yes
Shabani [850] Tanzania K003327412 Yes
Wingfield, R. [1706] Tanzania K003327380 Yes
Davidson, G.; Simon, B.; Pope, G. [6666] Zimbabwe K003363962 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24134] Tanzania K003327409 Yes
Davies, R.M. [3140] Zimbabwe K003363957 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [2621] Tanzania K003327407 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A206] Zambia K003363923 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [868] Tanzania K003327401 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10029] Tanzania K003327396 Yes
Simon, B.K. [723] Zimbabwe K003363971 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/490] Malawi K003363901 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [11/54] Zimbabwe K003363964 Yes
Gilbert, V.C. [1221] Tanzania K003327385 Yes
Gillman, H. [136] Tanzania K003327382 Yes
Napper, D. (Miss) [1247] Kenya K003327372 Yes
s.coll. [7523] Zambia K003363930 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [I80] Zambia K003363913 Yes
Rees, A.F. [44] Tanzania K003327376 Yes
Newman, J.L. [191] Tanzania K003327419 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [21316] Tanzania K003327378 Yes
Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [5101] Zambia K003363938 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9648] Tanzania K003327395 Yes
Rattray [83] Zimbabwe K003363973 Yes
{J. Buchanan, C. M. G.} [1123] Malawi K003363900 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/195] Malawi K003363898 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [11479] Tanzania K003327404 Yes
Astle, W.L. [610] Zambia K003363915 Yes
Procter, J. [3188] Tanzania K003327393 Yes
Lawson, J.A. [s.n.] South Africa K002939879 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1847] Kenya K003327368 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15393] Tanzania K003327417 Yes
Wilberforce, P.W. [A/94] Zambia K003363926 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [13213] Zimbabwe K003363951 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10983] Tanzania K003327389 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [[27357]] Zimbabwe K003363946 Yes
Clarke, P.F. [18] Zimbabwe K003363945 Yes
Hornby (Mr.); Hornby (Mrs) [461] Tanzania K003327405 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [33] Zimbabwe K002939885 Yes
Newton, F. [s.n.] Angola K003363979 Yes
McGregor, C.J. [17] Tanzania K003327387 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1442] Tanzania K003327418 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [1092] Zambia K003363922 Yes
Procter, J. [1154] Tanzania K003327392 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [13213] Zimbabwe K003363965 Yes
Strey, R.G. [3327] South Africa K002939878 Yes
Turner, J. [H21689] South Africa K002939880 Yes
[R. N. Yitt] [117] Zimbabwe K003363943 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9007] Zambia K003363916 Yes
Trelawny, B. [AB4477] Kenya K003327371 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1044] Zambia K003363919 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1692] Zambia K003363925 Yes
Levy, B. [1400] Zimbabwe K003363950 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [783] Tanzania K003327410 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0805] Zambia K003363929 Yes
Jackson, G. [573] Malawi K003363903 Yes
Bjornstad, A. [885] Tanzania K003327381 Yes
Davies, R.M. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003363970 Yes
Pawek, J. [7086] Malawi K003363908 Yes
s.coll. [7482] Zambia K003363931 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2344] Zimbabwe K003363961 Yes
Henriques, C. [926] Angola K003363978 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2746] Zambia K003363921 Yes
Saint Clair Thompson, G.W. [1271] Zambia K003363924 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM1371] Zambia K003363910 Yes
Stolz, A. [1210] Tanzania K003327400 Yes
Eyles [1653] Zimbabwe K001666150 Yes
Chiparawasha, O. [452] Zimbabwe K003363963 Yes
Pawek [4886] Malawi K003363909 Yes
Senderayi, E. [86] Zimbabwe K003363960 Yes
Azancot de Menezes [1110] Angola K003363977 Yes
Stefanescu, E.; Nyongani, H. [586] Mozambique K003363894 Yes
Levy, B. [1401] Zimbabwe K003363952 Yes
Emson, H.E. [99] Tanzania K003327383 Yes
Liebenberg [2317] South Africa K001666151 Yes
Brain, C.K. [870] Zimbabwe K003363940 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [1128] Zimbabwe K003363967 Yes
Winter, J. [2300] Zimbabwe K003363949 Yes
Fenner, J.E.L. [321] Malawi K003363899 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1833] Zimbabwe K003363958 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [123a] Zambia K003363918 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [693] Zambia K003363920 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7385] Tanzania K003327394 Yes
Welw [7498] Angola K003363982 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10612] Tanzania K003327388 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2030] Tanzania K003327398 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6485] Zambia K003363937 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1981KBS] Zambia K003363933 Yes
Levy, B. [1420] Zimbabwe K003363953 Yes
Angus, A. [1204] Zambia K003363917 Yes
Levy, B. [1404] Zimbabwe K003363939 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3423] Kenya K003327373 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L. [450] South Africa K002939883 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Persson, E.; Pettersson, B.; Pocs, T. [87565] Tanzania K003327411 Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0