Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis welwitschii Rendle

First published in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 234 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

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.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Cat. Welw. 2: 234 (1899).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 393 (1972).
  • Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 234 (1899).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jones, A.P.D. [6770] Nigeria K003815383 Yes
s.coll. [8418] Zambia K003363624 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3281] Sierra Leone K003815363 Yes
Pawek, J. [7087] Malawi K003363605 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1290] Zambia K003363621 No
Blair Rains, A. [266] Nigeria K003815373 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [FCD3565] Sierra Leone K003815364 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [214] Malawi K003363604 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A314] Zambia K003363614 Yes
Keogh, K. [29] Zimbabwe K003363626 Yes
Robertson, V.; Mooney [7556] Ethiopia K003325300 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL2686] Sierra Leone K003815366 Yes
Wingfield, R. [999] Tanzania K003326670 Yes
Hall, J.B.; Jeník, J. [CC1080] Ghana K003815370 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [FCD2435] Sierra Leone K003815358 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1174] Nigeria K003815379 Yes
Parker, C. [E145] Ethiopia K003325302 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [FCD915] Sierra Leone K003815360 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4868] Sierra Leone K003815357 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3700] Zambia K003363618 Yes
Holland, J.H. [286] Nigeria K003815382 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9949] Tanzania K003326672 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1749] Guinea K003815352 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [2203] Zambia K003363619 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9294] Burundi K003816867 No
Biegel, H.M. [3026] Zimbabwe K003363628 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8563] Zambia K001553983 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [9407] Zambia K001553985 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8410] Zambia K001553987 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [9406] Zambia K001553986 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8662] Zambia K001553984 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4278] Sierra Leone K003815356 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1749] Guinea K003815351 Yes
Reekmans, M. [10546] Burundi K003816866 No
Latilo, M.G. [53] Nigeria K003815375 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1832] Guinea K003815353 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [3026] Zimbabwe K003363625 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A339] Zambia K003363611 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4464] Sierra Leone K003815361 Yes
Ariwaodo, J.O. [ARS1431] Nigeria K003815380 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [17] Malawi K003363610 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1869] Sierra Leone K003815354 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1770] Zambia K003363612 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [234] Nigeria K003815374 Yes
Quarre [7830] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003816864 No
Baldwin, J.T. [13878] Cameroon K003816861 No
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [2127] Ethiopia K003325301 Yes
Tuley, P.; Magaji, S.O. [1855] Nigeria K003815376 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A301] Zambia K003363615 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; P. Taylor [9949A] Tanzania K003326669 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13870] Cameroon K003816863 No
Muerillon, A. [1006] Cameroon K003816862 No
Clayton, D. [DC1444] Nigeria K003815377 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003815369 Yes
Pawek [1948B] Malawi K003363608 Yes
Pawek, J. [8723] Malawi K003363606 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A301] Zambia K003363622 Yes
Gambles, M.E. [15] Nigeria K003815378 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [820] Sierra Leone K003815362 Yes
s.coll. [8419] Zambia K003363627 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [237] Nigeria K003815372 Yes
Quarre [250] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003816865 No
Reekmans, M. [6344] Burundi K003816868 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9994] Tanzania K003326668 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [34893] Guinea K003815350 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [730] Sierra Leone K003815355 Yes
s.coll. [943] Nigeria K003815381 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [14177] Zambia K003363617 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [3210] Sierra Leone K003815365 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10978] Tanzania K003326671 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10830] Tanzania K003326673 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A315] Zambia K003363623 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [120520] Malawi K003363607 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [77] Sierra Leone K003815359 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A301] Zambia K003363616 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A4048] Ghana K003815371 No
Cormack, A.B. [54] Malawi K003363609 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1615] Zambia K003363613 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1719] Liberia K003815367 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003815368 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3817] Zambia K003363620 Yes
Bequaert [354] Congo, Republic of the Eragrostis densa K000366490 Type 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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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