Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis × pseudobtusa De Winter

First published in Bothalia 7: 474 (1961)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. The hybrid formula is E. echinochloidea × E. obtusa.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, Northern Provinces

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.
  • 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?
Hattingh, P.D. [H3] South Africa K002947079 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [2269] South Africa K002947082 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2491] South Africa K002947073 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2419] South Africa K002947076 Yes
Story, R. [1940] K002947066 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2429] South Africa K002947077 Yes
Smook, L. [002785] South Africa K002947075 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002947081 Yes
de Wet, J.I. [16] South Africa K002947069 Yes
[D. R. E. Nursug] [84] South Africa K002947080 Yes
Smook, L. [3486] South Africa K002947078 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [91] South Africa K002947065 Yes
de Wet, J.I. [16] South Africa K002947067 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [8721] South Africa K002947083 Yes
Balkwill, K.; Williamson, S.; Smith, S. [9938] South Africa K002947070 Yes
de Wet, J.I. [16] South Africa K002947068 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1113] South Africa K002947071 Yes
Viljoen, A.J. [00157(17422)] South Africa K002947074 Yes
Smith, C.A. [3879] South Africa K002947072 Yes

Sources

  • 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