Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis scotelliana Rendle

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 99 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 120
  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 279.
  • in Elliott in J. Linn. Soc. 30: 99 (1894)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816240 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI62285] Nigeria K003816245 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A3460] Ghana K003816237 Yes
Adames, P. [389] Guinea K003816224 Yes
Evrard, C. [1940] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003344808 Yes
Pitot [1211] Guinea K003816219 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816238 Yes
Zenker; Staudt [555] Cameroon K003344807 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [157] Sierra Leone K003816227 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816235 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [4967] Cameroon K003344805 Yes
Biswas [113] Nigeria K003816244 Yes
[C.V. Thomas] [2370] Central African Republic K003344794 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E. [4265] Cameroon K003344799 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1748] Guinea K003816217 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [13877] Cameroon K003344795 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12218] Cameroon K003344800 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC77] Ghana K003816234 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [1235] Cameroon K003344796 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1832] Guinea K003816216 Yes
Adam, J.G. [12639] Guinea K003816220 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4114] Sierra Leone K000366503 Type Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3291] Sierra Leone K003816226 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2923] Sierra Leone K003816228 Yes
Adjanohoun [234A] Cote d'Ivoire K003816231 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL4380] Sierra Leone K003816225 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL2948] Sierra Leone K003816229 Yes
Tisserant, P. [s.n.] Central African Republic K003344793 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [10092] Liberia K003816230 Yes
Chevalier, A. [34594A] Guinea K003816222 Yes
Adjanohoun [370A] Cote d'Ivoire K003816233 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [s.n.] Cameroon K003344801 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [4927] Cameroon K003344806 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4445] Ghana K003816236 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E. [3761] Cameroon K003344797 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1753] Guinea K003816218 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1748] Guinea K003816223 Yes
[E. E. Nwauzo] [780] Nigeria K003816241 Yes
Assis, A. [11607] Cote d'Ivoire K003816232 Yes
Morson [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000366504 Syntype Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7018] Cameroon K003344798 Yes
Latilo; Daramola; Onijamowo; Ibhanesebhor [FHI73405] Nigeria K003816243 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [11919] Cameroon K003344802 Yes
Hall, J.B. [K41] Nigeria K003816242 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [11920] Cameroon K003344803 Yes
Pobéguin [1748] Guinea K003816221 Yes
Vaillant, A. [2343] Cameroon K003344804 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003816239 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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/

  • 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