Poaceae
Eriochrysis

Eriochrysis pallida Munro

First published in W.H.Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 440 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. 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.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • 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

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 856.
  • F.T.A. 9: 93
  • in Harv., Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2: 440 (1868)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 466 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 93 (1965).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 41 (1958).
  • Munro in Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 440 (1868).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 3, 2016 Darbyshire, I.; Banze, A. [932] Mozambique K001187576 Yes
Medley Wood, J. [s.n.] South Africa K002387071 No
Wild, H. [1969] Zimbabwe K002387034 No
de Leeuw, P.N. [1752] Nigeria K002386928 No
Ellis, R.P. [93] South Africa K002387064 No
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1054] South Africa K002387062 No
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9775] Zambia K001553948 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8892] Zambia K001553949 Yes
Williams, F.R. [46] Zimbabwe K002387033 No
Smith, P.A. [577] Botswana K002387053 No
Hutton, H. [121] South Africa K002387069 No
Codd, L.E. [9434] South Africa K002387068 No
Chiparawasha, O. [347] Zimbabwe K002387045 No
Félix, J. [7420] French Guiana K002386927 No
Napper, D. [913] Tanzania K002386972 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8156] Tanzania K002386970 No
Gereau, R.; Lovett, J. [2424] Tanzania K002386973 No
Brain, C.K. [3198] Zimbabwe K002387047 No
Crook, A.O. [907] Zimbabwe K002387042 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002387067 No
s.coll. [7178] Zimbabwe K002387041 No
Nyariri, P. [428] Zimbabwe K002387037 No
Phipps, J.B. [271] Zimbabwe K002387036 No
Harris, T. [389] Mozambique K000613825 No
Corby, H.D.L. [12] Zimbabwe K002387043 No
Smith, P.A. [2792] Botswana K002387051 No
Félix, J. [7420] French Guiana K002386926 No
Edwards, D. [2242] South Africa K002387070 No
Miller, O.B. [4340] Zimbabwe K002387038 No
Chiparawasha, O. [658] Zimbabwe K002387044 No
Chevalier [8113] K002386949 No
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [2642] Angola K002387057 No
Gilliland, H.B. [561] Zimbabwe K002387040 No
Brain, C.K. [1897] Zimbabwe K002387049 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [8113] K002386948 No
Ellis, R.P. [3040] Botswana K002387055 No
Brain, C.K. [2747] Zimbabwe K002387048 No
Stewart [A55] Ethiopia K002386953 No
B. de Winter; Codd [212] South Africa K002387066 No
Rogers, F.A. [5189] Zimbabwe K002387035 No
Smith, P.A. [2776] Botswana K002387052 No
Hemm, G. [513] South Africa K002387063 No
Zeyher [1793] South Africa K000280798 Type Yes
Chase, N.C. [4824] Zimbabwe K002387046 No
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [638] Nigeria K002386929 No
Stewart, R.B. [49] Ethiopia K002386954 No
Emson, H.E. [113] Tanzania K002386971 No
Burke [75] South Africa K000280801 Type Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1158] South Africa K002387065 No
Rehmann, A. [6876] South Africa K000280799 Type Yes
s.coll. [2905] Burundi K002386950 No
Bingham, M.G. [1227] Zimbabwe K002387050 No
Welw. [2642] Angola K002387058 No
Timberlake, J. [5216] Mozambique K000613944 No
Gossweiler [11214] Angola K002387056 No
Buchanan [212] South Africa K000280800 Type Yes
Smith, P.A. [267] Botswana K002387054 No
Keay, R.W.J. [21343] Zimbabwe K002387039 No

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