Poaceae
Eriochloa

Eriochloa parvispiculata C.E.Hubb.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 111 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania

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.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the 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

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 47 (1958).
  • C.E. Hubbard in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1934: 111 (1934).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 72 (1965).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1933 Vaughan, J.H. [1607] Tanzania K000282006 Holotype Yes
s.coll. Madagascar K003926662 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B. [100223] Tanzania K003926472 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3308] Kenya K003926458 Yes
Polhill; Paulo [502] Kenya K003926459 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC 3438] Tanzania K003926462 Yes
Eichinger [s.n.] Tanzania K003926467 Yes
s.coll. Madagascar K003926663 Yes
Davies, R.M. [10] Tanzania K003926478 Yes
Leauthaud, C.; Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [053] Kenya K003926449 Yes
Archbold, M.E. (Miss) [3036] Tanzania K003926460 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR 472] Kenya K003926452 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3083] Tanzania K003926475 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [2760] Mozambique K003926474 Yes
Eichinger [5737] Tanzania K003926465 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24450] Tanzania K003926476 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [431] Kenya K003926456 Yes
Harris, B.J. [2016] Tanzania K003926464 Yes
Grose [5650] Tanzania K003926468 Yes
Geigyc, C. [15412] Kenya K003926454 Yes
Harris, B.J.; Tadros, T.M. [BJH 5707] Tanzania K003926461 Yes
Leauthaud, C.; Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [034] Kenya K003926448 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [6144] Kenya K003926453 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24177] Kenya K003926455 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3237] Tanzania K003926477 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1407] Tanzania K003926470 Yes
Eichinger [5651] Tanzania K003926466 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR 521] Kenya K003926451 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B.; Trpis, M. [LBM10583] Tanzania K003926469 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [1344] Tanzania K003926471 Yes
Wingfield, R. [1602] Tanzania K003926463 Yes
Allan, J.A. [37] Kenya K003926457 Yes
TPR [190] Kenya K003926450 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3287] Tanzania K003926473 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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