Isachne mauritiana Kunth

First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 243 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Ethiopia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Rev. Gram. 1: 243 (1830).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 420 (1972).
  • Kunth, Rév. Gram. 1: 243, t. 33 (1830).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7350] Cameroon K000107865 Yes
Jun 1, 2001 Ryan, P. [408] Cameroon K000107864 Yes
Nov 1, 1939 Bojer [s.n.] Mauritius K000244640 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1939 Bojer [s.n.] Mauritius K000244641 Type Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1516] Zimbabwe K003155768 Yes
Massawe, G. [DA85] Tanzania K003155701 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [4074] Tanzania K003155704 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [687] Malawi K003155747 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1231] Zambia K003155757 Yes
Leippert [6435] Tanzania K003155702 Yes
Manktelow, S.J. [93087] Tanzania K003155709 Yes
{Manktelow; Pócs; Swenson} [91319] Tanzania K003155707 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [252] Tanzania K003155711 Yes
Bennett, K.E. [282432] Zimbabwe K003155761 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [2052] Zimbabwe K003155767 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [243] South Sudan K003155665 Yes
Crook, A.O. [866] Zambia K003155774 Yes
Rakotovao, C. [3932] Madagascar K001634362 Yes
Rasoanindriana, H.M.; Antilahimena, P.; Syde, A.R.; Razafindraibe, H. [225] Madagascar K001890570 No
Loveridge, J.P. [1648] Zimbabwe K003155762 Yes
Horlyck, V.; Joker, D. [TZ342] Tanzania K003155696 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5369] Malawi K003155753 Yes
{Fisher; Schweickerdt} [316] Zimbabwe K003155772 Yes
Mabberley, D.J.; Pócs, T. [1268] Tanzania K003155700 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [2113] Tanzania K003155705 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23933] Tanzania K003155714 Yes
Jackson, G. [592] Malawi K003155746 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [1282] Malawi K003155749 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [713] Zambia K003155756 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [675] Tanzania K003155713 Yes
Osborne, J. [JO1428A] Mozambique K000569782 Yes
Fisher, B.S. [1239] Zimbabwe K003155770 Yes
Kisena [289] Tanzania K003155698 Yes
{Miller; Polehill; Pope} [3726] Zimbabwe K003155773 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1947] Tanzania K003155710 Yes
Mabberley, D.J.; Pócs, T. [685] Tanzania K003155712 Yes
Luke, Q.; Mwangulango, R.; Butynski, T.; Ehardt, C.; Kingdon, J.; Kimaro, G. [8039] Tanzania K003155697 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [56/66] Zimbabwe K003155763 Yes
s.coll. [1780A] Malawi K003155745 Yes
{Fisher; Schweickerdt} [380] Zimbabwe K003155771 Yes
[W. C. Astle] [1378] Zambia K003155754 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [964] Malawi K003155752 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M. [15875] Malawi K003155751 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1671] Tanzania K000281054 Type Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1671] Tanzania K000281053 Holotype Yes
Zimmermann [1964] Tanzania K000281055 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5578] Tanzania K000468846 Yes
Kelly, R.D. [195] Zimbabwe K003155765 Yes
Muller, T. [1490] Malawi K003155750 Yes
s.coll. [2209] Malawi K003155748 Yes
Mabberley, D.J. [1168] Tanzania K003155699 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Ngoni, J.F. [1345] Zambia K003155764 Yes
Crook, A.O. [2016] Zambia K003155775 Yes
Goldsmith, B.; Hubbard [56/66] Zimbabwe K003155759 Yes
[S. R. Hounsell] [16] Tanzania K003155703 Yes
Pawek, J. [13849] Malawi K003155744 Yes
Phillips, S.M. [137] Zimbabwe K003155760 Yes
{Manktelow; Pócs; Swenson} [91174] Tanzania K003155708 Yes
Simon, B.K. [2231] Zimbabwe K003155766 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5077] Tanzania K000190305 Yes
Luke, Q.; Butynski, T.; Ehardt, C.; Jones, T. [10505] Tanzania K003155706 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [[1583]] Zambia K003155755 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2869] Zimbabwe K003155769 Yes
Willan, R.L. [271] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155720 Yes
Bruce, J. [600] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155722 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1903] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155727 Yes
Rwaburindore, P. [2889] Uganda Isachne aethiopica K003155679 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E [1727] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155695 Yes
Bytebier, B. [1220] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155684 Yes
Verdcourt [289] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155715 Yes
s.coll. [496] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155718 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3809] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155686 Yes
Holst, E.C.; Holst, C. [[4242]] Isachne aethiopica K003155717 Yes
Mulder, T.; Gordon, T.A.D. [1451] Mozambique Isachne aethiopica K003155739 Yes
Stolz, A. [1180] Isachne aethiopica K003155721 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24471] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155724 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B 8704] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155690 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [66] Uganda Isachne aethiopica K003155676 Yes
[H. M. Biegel]; Pope, G.V. [3505] Mozambique Isachne aethiopica K003155738 Yes
Loveridge, J.P. [403] Uganda Isachne aethiopica K003155677 Yes
Goodier, R. [1002] Mozambique Isachne aethiopica K003155741 Yes
Napper, D. [713] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155682 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6302] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155683 Yes
Verdcourt [1655] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155693 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [1806] Malawi Isachne aethiopica K003155743 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [596] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155723 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5784] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155689 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1161] Isachne aethiopica K003155740 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7878] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155692 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1619] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155687 Yes
Woollen, M. [UM 3.2.2] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155688 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1389] Uganda Isachne aethiopica K003155678 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4351] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155691 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Muhanguzi, H.; Nkuutu, D. [700] Uganda Isachne aethiopica K003155680 Yes
Dowson, W.J. [75] Kenya Isachne aethiopica K003155694 Yes
Torre, A.R. [4865] Mozambique Isachne aethiopica K003155742 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [2889] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155719 Yes
Bennett, K.E. [282432] Zimbabwe Isachne aethiopica K003155758 Yes
Gillman, H. [740] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155725 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1617] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155726 Yes
Saint Clair Thompson, G.W. [1150] Tanzania Isachne aethiopica K003155716 Yes

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