Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis porosa Nees

First published in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 401 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chad, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Sudan-South Sudan, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, 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.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr.: 401 (1841).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 27, 1953 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000365788 Type Yes
Jul 27, 1953 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000365787 Type Yes
Jul 27, 1953 Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000365786 Type Yes
Codd, L.E. [3814] South Africa K003573832 Yes
AFB/MMC [S.W.A.3599] Namibia K001612122 Yes
AFB/MMC [S.W.A.3599] Namibia K001612106 Yes
Ihlenfeldt; De Winter; Hardy [3120] Namibia K003573745 Yes
Ihlenfeldt; Winter, D.; Hardy [[5142]] Namibia K003573744 Yes
R. P. [Denny] [3548] Zimbabwe K003362645 Yes
Smook, L. [9941] Namibia K003573759 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [2598] Zimbabwe K003362644 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4734] Namibia K003573763 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [4441] Namibia K003573779 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3210] Botswana K003362664 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573851 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573762 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [770] Botswana K003362683 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, [4902] Namibia K003573749 Yes
Brueckner, A. [1273] South Africa K003573817 Yes
[M. W] [3008] South Africa K003573824 Yes
s.coll. [6847] Zimbabwe K003573797 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [625] South Africa K003573819 Yes
Wasserfall, E. [1069] South Africa K003573808 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [49] South Africa K003573789 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4742] Namibia K003573776 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [6706] Botswana K003362669 Yes
Mott, P.J. [1111] Botswana K003362672 Yes
Wilman, M. [25466] South Africa K003573847 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K003325091 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2711] Botswana K003362658 Yes
Smook, L. [0000003503] South Africa K003573859 Yes
Russel, G.; Smook [5129] Namibia K003573788 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10089] Zambia K003362635 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3146] Botswana K003362676 Yes
Giess, W. [3124] South Africa K003573816 Yes
[S. Meer] [189] Ethiopia K003325090 Yes
Ihlenfeldt; Winter, D.; Hardy [3036] Namibia K003573743 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [21801] South Africa K003573852 Yes
Smook, L. [4541] South Africa K003573856 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1455] Botswana K003362684 Yes
Lugard, E.J. [165] Botswana K003573796 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2243] Namibia K003573765 Yes
Strey, R.G. [2036] Namibia K003573748 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [612A] South Africa K003573836 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [1487] Zimbabwe K003362637 No
Smook, L. [002836] South Africa K003573799 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [1876] South Africa K003573840 Yes
Wilman, M. [6191] South Africa K003573838 Yes
Ward, C.J. [10739] Namibia K003573770 Yes
Corradi, R. [265] Ethiopia K000366457 Type Yes
Story, R. [5537] South Africa K003573850 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [3099] Botswana K003362674 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [366] South Africa K003573804 Yes
Smook, L. [4516] South Africa K003573861 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573818 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4561] Namibia K003573773 Yes
Coetzee; Werger [1685] South Africa K003573854 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [315] Kenya K003326224 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L. [284] South Africa K003573809 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [581] South Africa K003573806 Yes
Corradi, R. [128] Ethiopia K000366458 Type Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [3186] Zimbabwe K003362646 Yes
Brown, R.C. [7005] Botswana K003362671 Yes
[G. Coetsee] [59] South Africa K003573848 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4558] Namibia K003573764 Yes
[M. W.] [s.n.] South Africa K003573837 Yes
Terry, J.; Cook, F.E.M.; Sydes, C.; Kalake, E. [131] Botswana K003362656 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2644] Botswana K003362657 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573844 Yes
Smook, L. [5388] South Africa K003573791 Yes
Gane, M. [19] Zimbabwe K003362649 Yes
Drunkuth, H. [6] Namibia K003573786 Yes
Boss, G. [17] Namibia K003573781 Yes
Ortendahl, I. [179] Namibia K003573784 Yes
Kelaole, E.T. [552] Botswana K003362667 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [8779] Botswana K003362677 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573853 Yes
Seydel, R. [949] Namibia K003573750 Yes
s.coll. [234] Namibia K003573787 Yes
[E. E. Beyants] [625] South Africa K003573820 Yes
s.coll. [5] Namibia K003573782 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [923] Namibia K003573741 Yes
Smook, L. [9587] South Africa K003573815 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [2172] South Africa K003573758 Yes
Menezes, A. [3654] Angola K003362686 Yes
Codd, L.E. [1190] South Africa K003573800 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [6706] Botswana K003362660 Yes
Vuuren, D.V.; Giess, W. [1154] Namibia K003573754 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003573803 Yes
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6389] Namibia K003573742 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573839 Yes
Brueckner, A. [615] South Africa K003573865 Yes
[Jaffares] [4422] Zimbabwe K003362642 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573801 Yes
Smook, L. [9525] South Africa K003573814 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573831 Yes
Vuuren, D.V.; Giess, W. [1059] Namibia K003573771 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [101] Botswana K003362668 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [362] Kenya K003326223 Yes
Gillet, H. [1601] Chad K003816761 No
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [3790] South Africa K003573793 Yes
de Winter, B. [7472] Botswana K003362665 Yes
Story, R. [5537] South Africa K003573849 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1339] Botswana K003362679 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [185] Zimbabwe K003362648 Yes
Smook, L. [4531] South Africa K003573860 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5965] Zimbabwe K003362643 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [2313] South Africa K003573830 Yes
Smook, L. [4606] South Africa K003573857 Yes
Cooke, O.L. [6364] South Africa K003573842 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L. [284] South Africa K003573794 Yes
Boss, G. [s.n.] Namibia K003573778 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D58] Zimbabwe K003362652 Yes
Volk, O.H. [2853] Namibia K003573757 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573812 Yes
Smook, L. [4242] South Africa K003573790 Yes
Wilman, M. [25519] South Africa K003573864 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573811 Yes
de Hoogh, R.J. [201] Botswana K003362670 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3103] Botswana K003362661 Yes
Weber, O. [256] Zimbabwe K003362639 Yes
Gillet, H. [1584] Chad K003816762 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [4557] Namibia K003573775 Yes
s.coll. [24] Botswana K003362666 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3598] Botswana K003362653 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [2248] South Africa K003573807 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [2277] Namibia K003573747 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [401] Zimbabwe K003362636 Yes
Wilman, M. [6191] South Africa K003573823 Yes
Brown, R.C. [7005] Botswana K003362659 Yes
Strey, R.G. [RSB54] South Africa K003573792 Yes
Wilman, M. [3066] South Africa K003573846 Yes
Gane, M. [19] Zimbabwe K003362650 Yes
Galloway, R. [3] Botswana K003362663 Yes
Giess, W.; Muller, M. [12014] Namibia K003573739 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1311] Zimbabwe K003362638 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [936] Botswana K003362680 Yes
Boss, G. [33] Namibia K003573780 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [[K1]] South Africa K003573826 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [3138] Namibia K003573777 Yes
de Winter, B. [2396] Namibia K003573755 Yes
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6217] Namibia K003573768 Yes
Wilman, M. [25452] South Africa K003573863 Yes
{J. H. v. d. Westhuizen} [224] South Africa K003573855 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [366] South Africa K003573805 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [612B] South Africa K003573828 Yes
[M. W.] [3120] South Africa K003573841 Yes
McKay, A.D. [1981] Botswana K003362678 Yes
Story, R. [5509] South Africa K003573866 Yes
Smook, L.; Harding, G.B. [775] South Africa K003573833 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [8479] Namibia K003573766 Yes
[Jaffares] [4422] Zimbabwe K003362641 Yes
Giess, W.; Loutif, B. [14009] Namibia K003573740 Yes
Smook, L. [10015] Namibia K003573761 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [936] Botswana K003362682 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2228] Namibia K003573760 Yes
Brueckner, A. [615] South Africa K003573858 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [770] Botswana K003362685 Yes
[Ed. Hohenacher] [2297] Ethiopia K003325092 Yes
MacDonald, W. [20] Botswana K003362662 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [4] Botswana K003362675 Yes
Davies, R.M. [3149] Zimbabwe K003362651 Yes
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6415] Namibia K003573769 Yes
de Winter, B. [2603] Namibia K003573756 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4622] Namibia K003573774 Yes
Smook, L.; Russell, G. [2443] South Africa K003573798 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [907] Botswana K003362655 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [K1] South Africa K003573827 Yes
Germishuizen, G. [9507] Namibia K003573813 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573834 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [12] South Africa K003573825 Yes
Seydel, R. [2678] Namibia K003573737 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [1507] South Africa K003573845 Yes
Story, R. [4636] Botswana K003362673 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2806] Namibia K003573767 Yes
Schenck, A. [82] Namibia K003573752 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [7078] South Africa K003573821 Yes
Du Toit, G.J. [203] Namibia K003573738 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573862 Yes
s.coll. [5] Namibia K003573783 Yes
Dinter [2521] Namibia K003573785 Yes
De Winter; Hardy [8109] Namibia K003573746 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003573835 Yes
boschards [21490] South Africa K000365785 Type Yes
Theron, G.C. [785] South Africa K003573810 Yes
[Jaffares] [4422] Zimbabwe K003362640 Yes
Terry, J.; Cook, F.E.M.; Sydes, C.; Kalake, E. [160] Botswana K003362681 Yes
Esterhuysen, E. [4977] South Africa K003573843 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [1807] South Africa K003573829 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [2596] Zimbabwe K003362647 Yes
Turner, R.A. [12] South Africa K003573795 Yes
Seydel, R. [4289] Namibia K003573772 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003573802 Yes
Wilman, M. [6191] South Africa K003573822 Yes

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