Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis truncata Hack.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 405 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, 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.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. 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

  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[illegible] [s.n.] South Africa K002945910 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002945934 Yes
Skarpe, C. [S239] Botswana K003571316 Yes
de Winter, B. [7471] Botswana K003571313 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [B4210] Botswana K003571310 Yes
Ferrar, E. [[6115]] South Africa K002945921 Yes
Smook, L. [002884] South Africa K002945901 Yes
Brueckner, A. [6960] South Africa K002945907 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [3133] South Africa K002945932 Yes
Smook, L. [002794] South Africa K002945900 Yes
Brueckner, A.; C. P., Herbert [1071] South Africa K002945920 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4033] South Africa K002945896 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2076] South Africa K002945923 Yes
[E. Bergiana] [130] Lesotho K002945940 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002945913 Yes
Wilman, M. [6184] South Africa K002945926 Yes
de Winter, B. [2385] South Africa K002945886 Yes
Arnold; Musil [526] South Africa K002945904 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2411] South Africa K002945903 Yes
Brueckner, A. [814] South Africa K002945891 Yes
Smith, C.A. [3916A] South Africa K002945898 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [19] South Africa K002945916 Yes
Rains, B.; Yalala, A. [20] Botswana K003571311 Yes
Terry, J.; Cook, F.E.M.; Sydes, C.; Kalake, E. [88] Botswana K003571305 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2483] Botswana K003571303 Yes
Mott, P.J. [1108] Botswana K003571314 Yes
[illegible] [[1295]] South Africa K002945911 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2630] Botswana K003571308 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2626] Botswana K003571306 Yes
[A. Brueckner] [614] South Africa K002945935 Yes
[J. B. Pole Evan] [s.n.] South Africa K002945888 Yes
Story, R. [4867] South Africa K002945928 Yes
[illegible] [3468] South Africa K002945892 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2637] Botswana K003571307 Yes
Retief, E.; Germishuizen, G. [145] South Africa K002945919 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [626] South Africa K002945927 Yes
Smook, L. [7015] South Africa K002945906 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2834] South Africa K002945914 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [3088] Botswana K003571312 Yes
Taylor, H.C. [8291] South Africa K002945936 Yes
[J. B. Dauy] [12931] South Africa K002945889 Yes
Story, R. [5520] South Africa K002945924 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [626] South Africa K002945909 Yes
Potgieter, M. [15106] South Africa K002945915 Yes
Smith, C.A. [3916A] South Africa K002945897 Yes
Smook, L. [002871] South Africa K002945902 Yes
G. Coet[see] [56] South Africa K002945925 Yes
Smook, L. [3487] South Africa K002945937 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4077] South Africa K002945899 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4055] South Africa K002945895 Yes
Ferrar, E. [s.n.] South Africa K002945922 Yes
van Broembsen, H. [64] South Africa K002945929 Yes
Tuck, Wm. [s.n.] Lesotho K002945938 Yes
Giess, J.W.H.; Voll; Blesissner [7266] Namibia K002945887 Yes
[M. Perton] [s.n.] South Africa K002945933 Yes
Bruechner, A. [s.n.] South Africa K002945890 Yes
Tuck, Wm. [s.n.] Lesotho K002945939 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [3468] South Africa K002945893 Yes
Cook, F.E.M.; Linington, S.; Sydes, C. [73] Botswana K003571309 Yes
s.coll. [95] Botswana K003571315 Yes
v. Vuuren, D.; Giess, W. [1082] South Africa K002945931 Yes
s.coll. [[1418]] South Africa K002945908 Yes
[Bredo] [5210] South Africa K002945930 Yes
Smook, L. [6934] South Africa K002945905 Yes
Wilman, M. [5962] South Africa K002945917 Yes
Wilman, M. [5962] South Africa K002945918 Yes
Henrici, M.G.A. [1900] South Africa K002945894 Yes
Wilman [[1295]] South Africa K002945912 Yes

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