Poaceae
Hyparrhenia

Hyparrhenia figariana (Chiov.) Clayton

First published in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 2: 94 (1969)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to South Sudan and Tanzania. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • in Kew Bull., Add. Ser. 2: 94 (1969).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • W.D. Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 494 (1972).
  • W.D. Clayton in Kew Bulletin, Addit. Ser. 2: 94 (1969)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jackson, J.K. [870] Sudan K002070934 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1172] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161826 No
Langdale-Brown, I. [2330] Uganda K002071836 Yes
{G. de Nevers}; Charnley, S. [3384] Tanzania K002071839 Yes
Dawe [947] Uganda K002071819 Yes
[illegible] [1064] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161812 No
Schweinfurth [2332] K000280318 Isoparalectotype Yes
Schweinfurth [2332] K000280319 Isoparalectotype Yes
Leonard, A. [4319] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161822 No
Vollesen, K.B. [2240] Tanzania K003161817 No
Lock, J.M. [81/268] Sudan K002070939 Yes
Clayton, D. [85] Uganda K002071825 Yes
Robyns, W. [1972] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161828 No
Batty, M. [1292] Tanzania K002071856 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [327] Tanzania K002071850 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [605] Uganda K002071824 Yes
Carmichael, D. [760] Tanzania K002071843 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1164] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161825 No
Harrison, M.N. [1036] Sudan K002070943 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14375] Tanzania K002071857 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1213] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161815 No
Mhoro, B. [1306] Tanzania K002071858 Yes
Leippert, H. [5100] Uganda K002071833 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 2009] Uganda K002071834 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1212] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161829 No
Thomas, A.S. [Th1989 A] Uganda K002071832 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [320] Sudan K002070935 Yes
Johnston, H.E. [1081] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161813 No
Hazel, C. [561] Uganda K002071835 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7767] Sudan K002070933 Yes
Braun, K. [5301] Tanzania K002071841 Yes
Thomas, T.H. [Th 4059] Uganda K002071818 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14236] Tanzania K002071853 Yes
Dyson; Hudson [62] Uganda K002071821 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2043] Tanzania K002071855 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1142] Uganda K002071820 Yes
Welch, J.R. [38] Tanzania K002071854 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7508] Sudan K002070938 Yes
Broun, A.F. [1447] Sudan K002070940 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4055] Uganda K002071829 Yes
Braun, K. [530[n]] Tanzania K002071847 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D625] Tanzania K002071845 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7370] Tanzania K002071848 No
s.coll. [1130] Central African Republic K003161818 No
Dyson; Hudson [21] Uganda K002071826 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7508] Sudan K002070936 Yes
Welch, J.R. [81] Tanzania K002071849 Yes
Staples, R.R. [399] Tanzania K002071852 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [6263] Tanzania K002071851 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7539] Sudan K002070937 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14369] Tanzania K002071846 Yes
Procter, J. [898] Tanzania K002071844 Yes
Buechner, H.K. [128] Uganda K002071817 Yes
Schweinfurth [2421] K000280317 Type Yes
Dyson; Hudson [80] Uganda K002071827 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1374] Tanzania K002071842 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7552] Sudan K002070942 Yes
Robyns, W. [1972] Congo, Republic of the K003161823 No
s.coll. [1832] Burundi K003161819 No
Johnston, H.B. [1143] Uganda K002071816 Yes
s.coll. [6739] Burundi K003161820 No
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3050] Uganda K002071830 Yes
Anderson, B. [865] Tanzania K002071840 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1210] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161814 No
[Bredo] [2852] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161821 No
Tanner, R.E.S. [RT 4868] Tanzania K002071837 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1203] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161830 No
Tateoka, T. [3236] Uganda K002071828 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [546] Uganda K002071823 Yes
Taton, R. [1018] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161824 No
de Saeger, H. [3854] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161827 No
Thomas, A.S. [Th4341] Uganda K002071831 Yes
Myers, J.G. [12028] Sudan K002070941 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1211] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003161816 No
{G. de Nevers}; Charnley, S. [3384] Tanzania K002071838 Yes

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