Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis pusilla Hack.

First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 3): 27 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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?
Giess, W. [10396 A] Namibia K002946542 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [3252] Botswana K003571754 Yes
{D. v. Vuuren} [1036] Namibia K002946538 Yes
Pentz, J.A. [s.n.] South Africa K002946549 Yes
Gibbs-Russell; Smook [5333] Namibia K002946543 Yes
Reinhardt, S.; Kimberley [3228] South Africa K002946550 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2012] Botswana K003571753 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [1909] Mozambique K003571750 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [952] Botswana K003571751 Yes
B. de Winter; [L. E. Codd] [313] South Africa K002946547 Yes
Gibbs-Russell; Smook [5333] Namibia K002946544 Yes
de Winter, B. [3521] Namibia K002946540 Yes
Wild, H.; Drummond, R.B. [7186] Botswana K003571752 Yes
Dinter [7433] South Africa K002946548 Yes
Van Son, G. [28601] South Africa K002946551 Yes
Tölken, M.; Hardy, D.S. [748] Namibia K002946541 Yes
de Winter, B. [2807] Namibia K002946539 Yes
Strohbach, B.J.; Sheuyange, T. [2641] Namibia K002946545 Yes
B. de Winter; [L. E. Backl] [313] South Africa K002946546 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [S.W.A. 1965] Namibia Diandrochloa pusilla K001625332 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [S.W.A. 1965] Namibia Diandrochloa pusilla K001625360 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/