Poaceae
Eriochloa

Eriochloa meyeriana (Nees) Pilg.

First published in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 14e: 56 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cocos (Keeling) Is., India, Jawa, Malaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A. (1980). The Flora of Aldabra and neighbouring islands: 1-358. Crown, London.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. 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.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A. (1980). The Flora of Aldabra and neighbouring islands: 1-358. Crown, London.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K003925903 Yes
Hyde, M.A. [414] Zimbabwe K003926603 Yes
Mwamba, H.R. [4] Tanzania K003926446 Yes
Ward, C.J. [9150] South Africa K003926737 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI853] Somalia K003926348 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K003926571 Yes
Faden, R.B. [68/930] Kenya K003926408 Yes
Eyles, F. [3138] Zimbabwe K000282009 Isotype Yes
[illegible] [019] Sudan K003926333 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [124] Zimbabwe K003926599 Yes
Fryer, J.C.F. K003926654 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. K003926651 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7455] Sudan K003926335 Yes
Davidse, G.; Ellis, R. [5842] South Africa K003926727 Yes
Friis, I.; Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [4624] Somalia K003926349 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [K66] Kenya K003926387 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [657] South Africa K003926731 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI718] Somalia K003926347 Yes
Kalema, J. Uganda K003926380 Yes
Friis, I.; Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [4669] Somalia K003926350 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [44382] Zimbabwe K003926591 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M. [10600] Tanzania K003926443 Yes
Davies, R.M. [2483] Zimbabwe K003926596 Yes
Banyikwa, F.F. [3A] Tanzania K003926419 Yes
Kalema, J. Uganda K003926378 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3214] Kenya K003926416 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4090] Thailand K000621024 No
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2224] Tanzania K003926420 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [[53]] Sudan K003926334 Yes
Verdcourt [3119] Kenya K003926393 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7066] Thailand K000621025 No
Verboom, W.C. [3152] Zambia K003926582 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1448] Kenya K003926414 Yes
Emson, H.E. [486] Tanzania K003926434 Yes
Ward, C.J. [8613] South Africa K003926738 Yes
Jackson, G. [593] Malawi K003926572 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [4204] Tanzania K003926423 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15259] Tanzania K003926442 Yes
Lock, J.M. [80/14] Sudan K003926324 Yes
Larsen, K. [2050a] Thailand K000688131 No
Burtt, B.D. [2611] Tanzania K003926418 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1675] Tanzania K003926445 Yes
White, R.J. [33] Mozambique K003926569 Yes
Leauthaud, C.; Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [028] Kenya K003926386 Yes
Dupont, R. K003926655 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRi852] Somalia K003926352 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A216] Sudan K003926322 Yes
Reekmans, M. [854I] Burundi K003926289 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [406] Zimbabwe K003926593 Yes
Hall, J.B. Ghana K003926205 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [2501] Mozambique K003926566 Yes
Plowes, D.C. [1178] Zimbabwe K003926605 Yes
Lebrum, J. [9256] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003926283 Yes
West, O. [3411] Zimbabwe K003926607 Yes
[C. S. Tozapwell] [1655] Zambia K003926581 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [K171] Kenya K003926412 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1235] Kenya K003926409 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2490] Zimbabwe K003926595 Yes
Macedo, A.; Macuacua, L. [1143] Mozambique K003926567 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12866] Kenya K003926407 Yes
Irvine, F.R. Ghana K003926210 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7561] Sudan K003926336 Yes
Smeds, H. [1191] Ethiopia K003926344 Yes
H. P. od. Schiff [1596] South Africa K003926728 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2007] Thailand K000688126 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 3131] Kenya K003926391 Yes
Clayton, D. Sri Lanka K003925689 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 2318] Kenya K003926415 Yes
Morton, J.K. Ghana K003926206 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1570] Kenya K003926405 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [454] Kenya K003926410 Yes
Brown, A.F. (Mr & Mrs) [807] Sudan K003926326 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [1841] Zimbabwe K003926609 Yes
de Aguiar Macedo, J.M. [5199] Mozambique K003926564 Yes
Van Rensberg, H.J. [137] Tanzania K003926432 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [6110] Kenya K003926390 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2916] Kenya K003926413 Yes
Davies, H. [100] Sudan K003926328 Yes
Wild, H. [3459] Zimbabwe K003926589 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [899] K003925598 No
Torre, A.R. [6485] Mozambique K003926565 Yes
West, O. [7378] Zimbabwe K003926606 Yes
Phillipson, P. Madagascar K003926649 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1614] Kenya K003926411 Yes
Brown, A.F. (Mr & Mrs) [807] Sudan K003926325 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1306] Zimbabwe K003926590 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kirrika [11015] Tanzania K003926441 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [[24819]] Kenya K003926395 Yes
Timberlake, J.R.; Cunliffe, R.N. [4444] Zimbabwe K003926592 Yes
Savory, C.R. [452] Zimbabwe K003926600 Yes
Smeds, H. [1188] Ethiopia K003926343 Yes
Vuyk, D. [496] Kenya K003926388 Yes
Thomas, A.S. Uganda K003926382 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15227] Tanzania K003926440 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [16672] South Africa K003926729 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7089] Sudan K003926331 Yes
[D. Sichringa] [5771] K003926437 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [K36] Sudan K003926327 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. Ghana K003926208 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24863] Kenya K003926396 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A140] Sudan K003926332 Yes
Drège South Africa K000215124 Unknown Type Material No
Drège South Africa K000215123 Isotype Yes
Germain [6990] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003926285 Yes
Smook, L. [1965] South Africa K003926739 Yes
Greenway [4337] Tanzania K003926439 Yes
Allan, J.A. [198] Kenya K003926399 Yes
Siame, W. [597] Tanzania K003926422 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [422] Kenya K003926397 Yes
Staples, R.R. [426] Tanzania K003926431 Yes
[illegible] [816] Tanzania K003926429 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2059] Thailand K000688129 No
Burger, W. [2879] Ethiopia K003926342 Yes
Goodier, R. [801] Zimbabwe K003926602 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [10] South Africa K003926725 Yes
Crook, A.O. [1087] Zimbabwe K003926604 Yes
Brown, A.F. (Mr & Mrs) [042] Sudan K003926337 Yes
Gould, F.W. Sri Lanka K003925688 No
Dupont, R. K003926653 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1569] Kenya K003926398 Yes
Fox, W. K003926652 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [768] Zambia K003926585 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [5/59] Zambia K003926583 Yes
Semsei, S.K. [2657] Tanzania K003926428 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12064] Tanzania K003926447 Yes
B. Mhoro [186] Tanzania K003926425 Yes
Harris, B.J. [6513] Tanzania K003926424 Yes
Wingfield [629] Tanzania K003926433 Yes
[illegible] [1320] Tanzania K003926430 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/510] Malawi K003926575 Yes
Brass, L.J. [18000] Malawi K003926574 Yes
Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [13] Somalia K003926351 Yes
Ward, C.J. [8786] South Africa K003926735 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7437] Thailand K000688130 No
Rose Innes, R. [RRI883] Somalia K003926346 Yes
Schimper [1853] Ethiopia K000282004 Type Yes
Schimper [1853] Ethiopia K000282005 Isosyntype Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/513] Malawi K003926579 Yes
Torre, A.R. [5352] Mozambique K003926570 Yes
[Mr Yohrsm] Ghana K003926207 Yes
Dee [s.n.] Thailand K000688133 No
Dee [s.n.] Thailand K000688132 No
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1996] Thailand K000688125 No
Boivin Madagascar K003926650 Yes
s.coll. [4193] Malawi K003926580 Yes
Ward, C.J. [9149] South Africa K003926734 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [17] Thailand K000688123 No
[H. E. Simson] [251] Tanzania K003926435 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23849] Tanzania K003926421 Yes
Ebba, T. [825] Ethiopia K003926340 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1566] Ethiopia K003926339 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [705] South Africa K000282012 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2265] Yemen K003925597 No
Kalema, J. Uganda K003926379 Yes
s.coll. Madagascar K003926648 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [544] South Africa K003926733 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1994] Thailand K000688124 No
[G. Davies] [UNP38] Sudan K003926329 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1673] Sudan K003926323 Yes
Kotschy [442] Sudan K000282003 Type Yes
Kotschy [442] Sudan K000282002 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [800] Malawi K003926576 Yes
Greenway [3944] Tanzania K003926438 Yes
Codd, L.E.; [L. A. Dyes] [4668] South Africa K003926730 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2670] Tanzania K003926417 Yes
s.coll. [8064] Zimbabwe K003926608 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [8571] Mozambique K003926568 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8543] Burundi K003926288 Yes
Okebiro, D.N. [700] Kenya K003926392 Yes
Ward, C.J. [9348] South Africa K003926736 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [628 B] Kenya K003926402 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [683] Malawi K003926578 Yes
Pienaar, J.N. [407] South Africa K003926724 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [2581] Zimbabwe K003926597 Yes
Wohlhauser, S.; Andriamalaza, H. Madagascar K003926647 Yes
Mavi, S. [1802] Zimbabwe K003926594 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [2136KBS] Zambia K003926586 Yes
Eggeling, W.J.; Eggeling, J.E. Uganda K003926384 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI885] Somalia K003926353 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [773] Zambia K003926584 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1604] Ethiopia K003926338 Yes
Sheldrick, D. [TNP/E/85] Kenya K003926404 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [1062] Sudan K003926330 Yes
Holst, C. [3524] K003926436 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [JESS/86/135] Somalia K003926354 Yes
Macdonald, J. [881] Kenya K003926401 Yes
van der Ben, D. [1007] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003926287 Yes
Wild, H. [3427] Zimbabwe K003926588 Yes
Hall, J.B. Ghana K003926209 Yes
Ackali, D. [s.n.] Thailand K000688135 No
Davidse, G. Sri Lanka K003925687 No
Napper, D.M. [410] Kenya K003926400 Yes
Pope, G. [659] Zimbabwe K003926601 Yes
Lebrun, J. [7606] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003926286 Yes
Smook, L. [1894] South Africa K003926740 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [6112] Kenya K003926389 Yes
Welch, J.R. [525] Tanzania K003926444 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. Uganda K003926381 Yes
Leippert [5561] Tanzania K003926427 Yes
Codd, L.E. [4258] South Africa K003926726 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1125] Kenya K003926403 Yes
Williams, C.H. [245] Malawi K003926573 Yes
Lebrun, J. [7643] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003926284 Yes
Kibue, K. [136] Kenya K003926394 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [641] South Africa K003926732 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D2752] Zimbabwe K003926598 Yes
Peveling [G46] Somalia K003926345 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2048] Thailand K000688128 No
B. Mhoro [1258] Tanzania K003926426 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [683] Malawi K003926577 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2028] Thailand K000688127 No
Larsen, K.; Smitinand, T.; Warncke, E. [451] Thailand K000688134 No
Ament, J.G. [461] Kenya K003926406 Yes
Thomas, A.S. Uganda K003926383 Yes
Thomas, A.S. Uganda K003926385 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [958] Zambia K003926587 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14751] Ethiopia K003926341 Yes

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