Poaceae
Hyparrhenia

Hyparrhenia tamba (Hochst. ex Steud.) Andersson ex Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 336 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

New Guinea

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.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. 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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. 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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{Rob. E. och}; Fries, T.C.E. [146] Kenya K002072295 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [3870] Sudan K002071200 Yes
Smith, C.A. [6094] South Africa K002074955 Yes
Gordon-Gray, K.D. [K5] South Africa K002074960 Yes
West, O. [249] South Africa K002074961 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [11492] South Africa K002074964 Yes
[ges. von G. Scheweinfurth] [35] Ethiopia K002071201 Yes
Blair, I.J. [48] Sudan K002071198 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [691] South Africa K002074968 Yes
Browning, B.M.; Bennett, K.E. [281214] Zimbabwe K002073744 No
Division of Botany South Africa K000280215 Unknown Type Material Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [11492] South Africa K002074965 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [3778] South Africa K002074958 Yes
O.S. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002071202 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [1455] South Africa K002074954 Yes
Smith, C.A. [6094] South Africa K002074956 Yes
Smith, C.A. [6094] South Africa K002074957 Yes
Schimper [911] K000280286 Type Yes
Schimper [911] K000280287 Isosyntype Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [H20632] South Africa K002074967 Yes
Blair, I.J. [243] Sudan K002071199 Yes
Blair, I.J. [230] Sudan K002071197 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [11499] South Africa K002074962 Yes
Hutchins, D.E. [377] Kenya K002072294 Yes
Stent, S.M. [H21425] South Africa K000280214 Type Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [2359] South Africa K002074966 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [11499] South Africa K002074963 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1772] South Africa K002074959 Yes
Schimper [937] K000280288 Isosyntype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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