Poaceae
Hyparrhenia

Hyparrhenia welwitschii (Rendle) Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 356 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Comoros. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 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].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 876
  • Clayton in Kew Bull., Add. Ser. 2: 142. (1969)
  • in F.T.A. 9: 356 (1919)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Robyns, W. (1929). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1: 1-229. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 494(1972).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 37 (1960).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 188 (1929).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 356 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[424] Cote d'Ivoire K003161046 No
Jackson, G. [6] Zambia K002073867 No
Vanderyst [4652] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070229 No
Callens, H. [3610] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070232 No
Wiehe, P.O. [N/103] Malawi K002073826 Yes
[FHI64620] Nigeria K003161058 No
Wiehe, P.O. [N/102] Malawi K002073828 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [47] Malawi K002073837 Yes
[IV76] Cote d'Ivoire K003161045 No
Fabri, R. [714 /3] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001622714 Yes
Devred, R. [1327] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070226 No
[1664] Nigeria K003161050 No
Cormack, A.B. [252] Malawi K002073832 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2877A] Zambia K002073868 No
[268] Nigeria K003161049 No
Cormack, A.B. [254] Malawi K002073831 Yes
Meurillon, A. [434] Cameroon K002070179 No
Koechlin, J. [7219] Cameroon K002070176 No
Cormack, A.B. [498] Malawi K002073825 Yes
Bowbrick, J.M. [B86A] Mozambique K002073818 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3144] Zambia K002073845 No
[1796] Guinea K003161029 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7270] Central African Republic K002070182 No
Richards, H.M. [19538] Zambia K002073844 No
[286A] Cote d'Ivoire K003161044 No
Davies, R.M. [522] Tanzania K002072398 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3265] Tanzania K002072408 Yes
Tisserant, R.P. [s.n.] K002070188 No
Torre, A.R. [4898] Mozambique K002073817 Yes
Torre, A.R. [5706] Mozambique K002073815 Yes
Bowbrick, J.M. [B55] Mozambique K002073819 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [2998] Zambia K002073848 No
[249] Nigeria K003161052 No
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [13952] Cameroon K002070185 No
[1796] Guinea K003161028 No
[4279] Sierra Leone K003161037 No
[3314] Cote d'Ivoire K001738996 No
Koechlin, J. [7148] Cameroon K002070178 No
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3149] Zambia K002073846 No
Livingstone, D.A. [81-12] Malawi K002073830 Yes
[SL2857] Sierra Leone K003161040 No
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [9678] Tanzania K002072406 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2246] Tanzania K002072407 Yes
Fay, J.M. [5851] Central African Republic K002070194 No
Dalziel, J.M. [292] Nigeria K000280424 Type Yes
Cormack, A.B. [200] Malawi K002073833 Yes
Myers, J.G. [13530] Sudan K002071271 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [283] Malawi K002073842 Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [2383] Uganda K002072397 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [266] Tanzania K002072399 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [9678] Tanzania K002072410 No
Richards, H.M. [21439] Zambia K002073843 No
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3143] Zambia K002073847 No
Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [11273] Mozambique K002073814 Yes
Vesey-fitzgerald, D. [1592] Zambia K002073853 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [A337] Zambia K002073864 No
Angus, A. [2741] Zambia K002073860 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [A271] Zambia K002073866 No
Carson, A. [3-5] Tanzania K002072403 Yes
Quarré [2184] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070228 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [A 271] Zambia K002073865 No
[s.n.] Ghana K003161047 No
Compère, P. [1976] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070231 No
Lawrence, E. [381] Malawi K002073820 Yes
[330] Sierra Leone K003161036 No
Cormack, A.B. [465] Malawi K002073838 Yes
Vesey-fitzgerald, D. [1656] Zambia K002073851 No
Jackson, J.K. [3988] Sudan K002071272 Yes
Chevalier, A. [20196] K000280425 Type No
[1296] Benin K003161048 No
Wiehe, P.O. [N/103] Malawi K002073827 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [116] Malawi K002073835 Yes
[4433] Sierra Leone K003161038 No
Reekmans, M. [6315] Burundi K002070196 No
Fay, J.M. [1899] Central African Republic K002070193 No
[20/30A] Nigeria K003161062 No
[17] Sierra Leone K003161042 No
Cormack, A.B. [68] Malawi K002073836 Yes
Angus, A. [2758] Zambia K002073859 No
[1797] Guinea K003161030 No
Vesey-fitzgerald, D. [1647] Zambia K002073852 No
Boudet [2255] K002070187 No
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [9642] Tanzania K002072401 Yes
Koechlin, J. [7180] Cameroon K002070175 No
Smith, P.P. [0997] Zambia K002073854 No
[7088] Guinea K003161031 No
Symoens, J. [11009] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070225 No
Bredo [2730] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070230 No
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [2997] Zambia K002073849 No
Astle, W.L. [4760] Zambia K002073856 No
Hedin [1913] Cameroon K002070174 No
Cormack, A.B. [117] Malawi K002073834 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T226] Tanzania K002072409 Yes
s.coll. [11540] Angola K002073871 No
[233] Nigeria K003161057 No
[4433] Sierra Leone K003161039 No
Welwitsch [7248] Angola K000280248 Isosyntype Yes
Cormack, A.B. [465] Malawi K002073839 Yes
Tisserant, C. [2699] K002070189 No
Gilliland, H.B. [2022] Zimbabwe K002073870 No
Koechlin, J. [6241] Central African Republic K002070192 No
[409] Guinea K003161032 No
[1797] Guinea K003161035 No
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [9802] Tanzania K002072402 Yes
Jackson, G. [7[6]7] Malawi K002073822 Yes
[3[3]0] Sierra Leone K003161041 No
Cormack, A.B. [457] Malawi K002073840 Yes
Welwitsch [3000] Angola K000280246 Type Yes
[1797] Guinea K003161026 No
Devred [552] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070221 No
Bullock, A.A. [2850] Zambia K002073855 No
[1732] Nigeria K003161060 No
Lawrance, A.E. [381] Malawi K002073821 Yes
[12658] Guinea K003161034 No
Bosser, J.M. [18318] Comoros K002074338 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2877A] Zambia K002073869 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2759] Zambia K002073863 No
[S189] Nigeria K003161053 No
Zenker; Staudt [98] Cameroon K002070183 No
Hulberg, B. [319] Central African Republic K002070195 No
Koechlin, J. [6284] Central African Republic K002070190 No
Astle, W.L. [798] Zambia K002073858 No
Welwitsch [7190] Angola K000280247 Isosyntype Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [1729] Tanzania K002072400 Yes
[1797] Guinea K003161027 No
Bingham, M.G. [14173A] Zambia K002073861 No
[8210] Cote d'Ivoire K003161043 No
[RRI321] Nigeria K003161051 No
Breteler, F.J. [528] Cameroon K002070184 No
[1703] Nigeria K003161054 No
Fotius, G. [2337] Cameroon K002070181 No
[231] Guinea K003161033 No
Barbosa, G.; Correia, R. [9150] Angola K002073872 No
Vesey-fitzgerald, D. [3378] Zambia K002073850 No
[DC1434] Nigeria K003161056 No
Wit, P.; Stark, M. [2900] Cameroon K002070173 No
Bingham, M.G. [14174] Zambia K002073862 No
Symoens, J. [10985] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070224 No
s.coll. [412] Tanzania K002072404 No
Torre, A.R. [5457B] Mozambique K002073816 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [10784] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070222 No
Myers, J.G. [13530] Sudan K002071270 Yes
[2094] Nigeria K003161059 No
Astle, W.L. [3000] Zambia K002073857 No
Koechlin, J. [6333] Central African Republic K002070191 No
[1675] Nigeria K003161061 No
Boudet, G. [1383] K002070186 No
Rogers, F.A. [10783] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070223 No
Devred, R. [3963] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002070227 No
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12124] Cameroon K002070177 No
Pielou, D.P. [140] Tanzania K002072405 Yes
Meurillon, A. [53] Cameroon K002070180 No
Pawek, J. [8347] Malawi K002073829 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [457] Malawi K002073841 Yes
Jackson, G. [474] Malawi K002073824 Yes
Jackson [767] Malawi K002073823 Yes
[FHI5438] Nigeria K003161055 No

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