Eragrostis rotifer Rendle
First published in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 242 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Great Britain
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Eragrostis airiformis Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 243 (1899)
- Eragrostis angusta Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 772 (1901)
- Eragrostis beroensis Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 241 (1899)
- Eragrostis densiflora Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 244 (1899)
- Eragrostis margaritacea Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 604 (1900)
- Eragrostis platyphylla Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 239 (1899)
- Poa tenuiflora Licht. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 566 (1817)
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.
- 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
- Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
- 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.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 30 (1965).
- Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 242 (1899).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Buchanan [282], Free State | K000365789 | lectotype | Yes | ||
Rehmann [5372], Transvaal | K000365790 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Wewitsch [28626], Angola | K000366285 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Wewitsch [2597], Angola | K000366286 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Wewitsch [7284], Angola | K000366287 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Wewitsch [2749], Angola | K000366288 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Wewitsch [2606], Angola | K000366289 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Menyhart [905], Mozambique | K000366290 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Rogers, F. A. [7946], Mozambique | K000366291 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Rogers, F. A. [13079] | K000366292 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Dinter [98] | K000366293 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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/