Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis plurigluma C.E.Hubb.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 116 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Zambia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zambia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 409.
  • in Kew Bull. 1934: 116

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pobéguin [1313] Guinea K003816250 Yes
Jordan [583] Sierra Leone K003816253 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1707] Zambia K003570819 No
s.coll. [9535] Zambia K003570822 No
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3093] Zambia K003570827 No
Robinson, E.A. [4645] Zambia K003570828 No
Duvigneaud [2426] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344812 Yes
Chillou, J. [840] Guinea K003816248 Yes
Adam, J.G. [12616] Guinea K003816247 Yes
Farmar, L. [171] Guinea K003816252 Yes
Tisserant, C. [1585] Central African Republic K003344810 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1892] Zambia K003570825 No
McCallum Webster, M. [A275] Zambia K003570831 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Chisumpa, S.M.; Polhill, R.M. [13948] Zambia K003570823 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3765] Zambia K003570821 No
Robinson, E.A. [1707] Zambia K003570818 No
Robinson, E.A. [5916] Zambia K003570824 No
s.coll. [11740] Angola K003570832 No
Gossweiler [11.666] Angola K000366277 Type Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [4275] Zambia K003570830 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16958] Zambia K003570829 No
McCallum Webster, M. [A275] Zambia K003570820 No
Adam, J.G. [19932] Senegal K003816246 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [5613] Zambia K003570816 No
Chillou, J. [840] Guinea K003816249 Yes
Kent, P.E. [35] Guinea K003816251 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [79] Sierra Leone K000366502 Type Yes
Gossweiler, J. [4104] Angola K003570833 No
s.coll. [2971] Congo, Republic of the K003344811 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1898] Zambia K003570826 No
Fay, J.M. [3536] Central African Republic K003344809 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [1313] Zambia K003570817 No

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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