Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis patentissima Hack.

First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 391 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

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?
McCallum-Webster, M. [N446] South Africa K002939769 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [440] South Africa K002939760 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [4686] South Africa K002939758 Yes
Smook, L. [5032] South Africa K002939763 Yes
Fisher; [Schweickerdt] [20] South Africa K002939768 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3369] South Africa K002939775 Yes
Smuts, G. [s.n.] South Africa K002939755 Yes
Buchanan [278] South Africa K002939753 Yes
Davidse, G. [6889] South Africa K002939772 Yes
Story, R. [3881] South Africa K002939776 Yes
{P. C. V. du Toit} [1042] South Africa K002939761 Yes
Smook, L. [4877] South Africa K002939764 Yes
Codd, L.E. [385] South Africa K002939773 Yes
Smuts, G. [s.n.] South Africa K002939756 Yes
Edwards, D. [3235] South Africa K002939771 Yes
Smook, L. [5013] South Africa K002939765 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1097] South Africa K002939759 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1526] South Africa K002939752 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3369] South Africa K002939774 Yes
Smook, L. [4908] South Africa K002939766 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [4686] South Africa K002939757 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1551] South Africa K002939754 Yes
Codd, L.E. [6996] South Africa K002939770 Yes
Fisher; [Schweickerdt] [26] South Africa K002939767 Yes
Smook, L. [4821] South Africa K002939762 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003560957 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003560958 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