Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis pilgeriana Dinter ex Pilg.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 420 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Angola to S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia

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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [4862] Namibia K002947033 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2364] Botswana K003571066 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [4862] Namibia K002947034 Yes
Giess, W.; Loutit, B. [14051] Namibia K002947026 Yes
Shweickerdt, H.G. [2291] Namibia K002947022 Yes
Dinter [7483] Namibia K002947032 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [4901] Namibia K002947031 Yes
Seydel, R. [2080] Namibia K002947023 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2296] Namibia K002947035 Yes
de Winter, B. [2444] Namibia K002947021 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2707] Botswana K001612934 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3985] Botswana K003571067 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5524] Namibia K002947030 Yes
Smook, L. [5241] Namibia K002947028 Yes
van Vuuren, D. [1032] Namibia K002947029 Yes
Giess, R. [12542] Namibia K002947027 Yes
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [434] Namibia K002947024 Yes
Smook, L. [9883] Namibia K002947020 Yes
de Winter, B. [2856] South Africa K002947019 Yes
de Winter, B. [2444] Namibia K002947025 Yes
Dinter [1657] Namibia K002947037 Yes
de Winter, B. [2585] Namibia K002947036 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/