Harpachne schimperi Hochst. ex A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 431 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo to Eritrea and S. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bally [s.n.] Kenya K002406476 Yes
Baldrati, I. [s.n.] Eritrea K002406394 Yes
Newman, J.L. [202] Tanzania K002406513 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3330] Yemen K002406368 Yes
Lynes, H. [Ig144] Tanzania K002406507 Yes
[Agric. Assistants] [s.n.] Tanzania K002406518 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [117] Kenya K002406500 Yes
Ryding, O. [1294] Eritrea K002406397 Yes
Robison, T. [5597] Tanzania K002406532 Yes
Powell, N.; [Kibwezi] [1] Kenya K002406475 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1577] Tanzania K002406561 Yes
Gagah, C.N. [[H-390]] Kenya K002406455 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7095] Ethiopia K002406404 Yes
s.coll. [AB 5376] Kenya K002406474 Yes
Bally [B 5435] Kenya K002406481 Yes
Burger, W. [982] Ethiopia K002406403 Yes
[R. Plassam Dao] [847] Tanzania K002406508 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1280] Tanzania K002406538 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24319] Tanzania K002406552 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1269] Tanzania K002406565 Yes
Fries, Rob.E.; Fries, Th.C.E. [88] Kenya K002406477 Yes
[H. Mair Thompson] [336] Tanzania K002406550 Yes
McGregor, F.C. [20] Tanzania K002406505 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [1464] Zambia K002406567 Yes
Unit, F.R. [392] Kenya K002406497 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24285] Tanzania K002406515 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [633] Kenya K002406457 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Tadesse, M. [6502-6520] Kenya K002406502 Yes
Glover, P.E. [3651] Kenya K002406470 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [12951] Eritrea K002406393 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1280] Tanzania K002406537 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [244] Kenya K002406483 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [12818] Kenya K002406490 Yes
Stewart [443] Kenya K002406449 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2574] Tanzania K002406523 Yes
[E. B. Mogaga] [148] Tanzania K002406560 Yes
Dale, I.R. [12] Kenya K002406458 Yes
Raynal, J. [20740] Rwanda K002406526 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7398] Saudi Arabia K002406364 Yes
[J. Lebun] [7765] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406376 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3166] Kenya K002406482 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [s.n.] Tanzania K002406509 Yes
Unit, F.R.; Stewart, D.R.M. [350] Kenya K002406456 Yes
Taylor, H.J. [1295] Kenya K002406484 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4192] Kenya K002406491 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3712] Saudi Arabia K002406365 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4171] Kenya K002406495 Yes
[Meurillon] [203] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406375 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [5171] Ethiopia K002406402 Yes
Oteke, J. [145] Kenya K002406465 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [6837] Kenya K002406493 Yes
Fauna Research unit; Stewart, D.R.M. [334] Kenya K002406464 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1089] Tanzania K002406544 Yes
Greenway [4389] Tanzania K002406547 Yes
Brunt, M. [1306] Kenya K002406485 Yes
Oteke, J. [145] Kenya K002406487 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker [1996] Kenya K002406479 Yes
Spellenberg, R. [7329] Yemen K002406369 Yes
Stewart, R.B. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002406405 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [5115] Kenya K002406494 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [1381] United Kingdom K002406363 Yes
Robison, T. [4641] Tanzania K002406516 Yes
Linder [3676] Kenya K002406501 Yes
Emson, H.E. [267] Tanzania K002406540 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1269] Sudan K002406387 Yes
Germain [2911] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406386 Yes
Paulo, S. [292] Tanzania K002406525 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5935] Burundi K002406379 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K002406433 Yes
Richards, H.M. [25175] Tanzania K002406543 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24293] Tanzania K002406548 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2443] Tanzania K002406549 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2645] Tanzania K002406562 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1412] Kenya K002406503 Yes
Brooks, A.C. [68] Tanzania K002406551 Yes
Lyne, R.N. [152] Kenya K002406451 Yes
Richards, M. [23448 B] Tanzania K002406511 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [2063] Tanzania K002406545 Yes
Fabri, R. [602/4] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406378 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1269] Tanzania K002406563 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [14874] Kenya K002406486 Yes
Musk, H. [[H5/30/12]] Tanzania K002406556 Yes
Jousser, V.G.H.V. (Dr) [AH 9546] Kenya K002406468 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24180] Tanzania K002406517 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3425] Kenya K002406454 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2616] Sudan K002406389 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7368] Tanzania K002406521 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [6286] Ethiopia K002406400 Yes
Johnstone, M.J. (Miss) [45] Kenya K002406444 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4761] Tanzania K002406546 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14019] Kenya K002406453 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E. [10290] Ethiopia K002406396 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [13816] Tanzania K002406520 Yes
Lægaard, S. [16264] Zimbabwe K002406568 Yes
Robison, T. [4848] Tanzania K002406522 Yes
de Witte [13356] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406377 Yes
Leippert, H. [5049] Kenya K002406460 Yes
Pappi, A. [15] Eritrea K002406399 Yes
[B. Ryves] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002406362 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24740] Kenya K002406447 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6167] Kenya K002406499 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1382] Tanzania K002406559 Yes
Fauna Research unit [413] Kenya K002406450 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1118] Kenya K002406467 Yes
Rohr [s.n.] Ethiopia K000365348 Unknown Type Material Yes
[A. C. Rej] [114] Tanzania K002406528 Yes
Emson, H.E. [419] Tanzania K002406506 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1239] Uganda K002406434 Yes
Williams, G.R. [122] Kenya K002406462 Yes
Greenway [4115] Tanzania K002406558 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24266] Tanzania K002406553 Yes
Scaetta [57] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406382 Yes
Butler, F.B. [117] Kenya K002406492 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1085] Kenya K002406445 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A106] Zambia K002406566 Yes
Verdcourt [494] Kenya K002406446 Yes
Glover, P.E. [3766] Kenya K002406469 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12376] Tanzania K002406557 Yes
s.coll. [1] Kenya K002406448 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [257] Kenya K002406466 Yes
Davis, R.L. [176] Tanzania K002406512 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1550] Tanzania K002406564 Yes
[Rajhathy] [L2] Kenya K002406441 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [3322] Sudan K002406391 Yes
[Sweltor] [126] Rwanda K002406381 Yes
Holst, C. [8990] Tanzania K002406541 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6158] Tanzania K002406510 Yes
Stewart [539] Kenya K002406471 Yes
s.coll. [J2854] Sudan K002406390 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1344] Uganda K002406436 Yes
Raynal, J. [20740] Rwanda K002406384 Yes
[N. D. Spranger] [S44] Kenya K002406442 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1568] Uganda K002406439 Yes
Brooks, R.C. [27] Tanzania K002406536 Yes
Hatch, S.L. [4221] Kenya K002406473 Yes
Paulo, S. [340] Tanzania K002406524 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1438] Uganda K002406440 Yes
Napier, E.R. [2519] Kenya K002406452 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [6462] Tanzania K002406535 Yes
Butler, F.B. [44] Kenya K002406443 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker [2249] Kenya K002406480 Yes
Haarer, A. [A45] Tanzania K002406555 Yes
Germain [2911] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406385 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th843] Uganda K002406435 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6530] Kenya K002406472 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [948] Tanzania K002406530 Yes
Bequaert [5402] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406372 Yes
Blair, I.J. [366] Sudan K002406392 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1471] Sudan K002406388 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2691] Tanzania K002406542 Yes
Schimper [171] Eritrea K000365346 Type Yes
Schimper [171] Eritrea K000365347 Type Yes
Boaler, S.B. [424] Tanzania K002406514 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [906] Kenya K002406463 Yes
s.coll. [6816] Rwanda K002406383 Yes
[Gelreen] [7708] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406373 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [424] Tanzania K002406533 Yes
Reekmans, M. [7046] Burundi K002406380 Yes
Herlocker [H-261] Kenya K002406478 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24852] Kenya K002406496 Yes
Gervais [3839] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002406374 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8828] Tanzania K002406554 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [3295] K002406366 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [12818] Kenya K002406489 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9853] Tanzania K002406539 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P1613] Uganda K002406437 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B1069] Kenya K002406498 Yes
Conrads, F. [6332] Tanzania K002406529 Yes
[J. W. Colville] [14] Eritrea K002406395 Yes
Robison, T. [1445] Tanzania K002406534 Yes
Goodwyn, Z. [B 3193] Kenya K002406504 Yes
Magogo; Ruffo [729] Tanzania K002406527 Yes
[Agric. Assistants] [8] Tanzania K002406519 Yes
Robison, T. [5586] Tanzania K002406531 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [3295] K002406367 Yes
Burger, W. [395] Ethiopia K002406401 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [12818] Kenya K002406488 Yes
[G. Schweinfurth] [159] Eritrea K002406398 Yes
Newbould, J. [3208] Kenya K002406461 Yes

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