Poaceae
Koeleria

Koeleria capensis (Thunb.) Nees

First published in Linnaea 7: 321 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Launert, E. (1971). Flora Zambesiaca 10(1): 1-152. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Linnaea 7: 321 (1832).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Launert, E. (1971). Flora Zambesiaca 10(1): 1-152. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Nees in Linnaea 7: 321 (1832).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1963 Boughey, A.S. [12672] Cameroon K000181983 Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Morton, J.K. [6895] Cameroon K000181989 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Boughey, A.S. [12644] Cameroon K000181987 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Morton, J.K. [K 1002] Cameroon K000181982 Yes
Grant, D.K.S. [1247] Kenya K003617975 Yes
Hill, W.J. [H2/30/12] Tanzania K003617987 Yes
Lyne Watt, W. [1122] Kenya K003617972 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [5971] Malawi K003617993 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2818] South Africa K003618035 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [7092] South Africa K003618099 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1301] South Africa K003618157 Yes
Baur, R. (Rev.) [1149] South Africa K003618177 Yes
Bally, J. (Mrs) [65] Kenya K003617982 Yes
Crook, A.O. [934] Zimbabwe K003618027 Yes
Jacot-Guillarmod, A. [4027] Lesotho K003618190 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [25] Lesotho K003618183 Yes
Linder, D.H. [3452] Cameroon K000181995 Yes
Rattray, J. [922] Zimbabwe K003618018 Yes
Breda, V. [4161] South Africa K003618098 Yes
Boucher, C. [3490] South Africa K003618119 Yes
Moss, C.E.; Rogers, F.A. [446] South Africa K003618057 Yes
Zeyher [4594] South Africa K000345060 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [28617] Cameroon K000181988 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [5285] Kenya K003617981 Yes
{Quartin-Dillion; Petit} [170] Ethiopia K003617959 Yes
Smook, L. [1371] South Africa K003618140 Yes
West, O. [1720] South Africa K003618152 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [19846] South Africa K003618094 Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] South Africa K003618071 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [13629] South Africa K003618169 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1301] South Africa K003618162 Yes
West, O. [1682] South Africa K003618149 Yes
Thaarer, A. [1122] Tanzania K000345067 Type Yes
Crook, A.O. [289] Zimbabwe K003618009 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [168A] South Africa K003618049 Yes
Goodier, R. [505] Zimbabwe K003618017 Yes
G. S. [Sudley] [6/53] Zimbabwe K003618010 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N422] South Africa K003618153 Yes
Sandwith, C. [103b] South Africa K003618127 Yes
Burchell, W., J. [119] South Africa K000345047 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dieterlen, A. [388] Lesotho K003618192 Yes
Manning, J.; Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [159034] South Africa K003618159 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [7483] South Africa K003618075 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16964] South Africa K003618170 Yes
Compton, R.H. [27193] Eswatini K003618179 Yes
Simon, B.K. [880] Mozambique K003617992 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16028] Zimbabwe K003618025 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5311] Malawi K003617998 Yes
Smook, L. [1376] South Africa K003618142 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [2136] Mozambique K003617991 Yes
Zeyher [4586] South Africa K000345057 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henkel, J.S. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003618023 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [1861] South Africa K003618135 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [160] South Africa K003618048 Yes
Pegler, A. [1146] South Africa K003618079 Yes
Muller, D.B. [705] South Africa K003618114 Yes
Wright, F.B. [1078] South Africa K003618174 Yes
Dieterlen [388] Lesotho K003618184 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2804] South Africa K003618036 Yes
Wright, F.B. [718] South Africa K003618139 Yes
Coe, M. [766] Kenya K003617980 Yes
Crook, A.O. [2090] Zambia K003618012 Yes
Taylor, H.G. [4594] South Africa K003618134 Yes
{Greenway} [6291] Malawi K003618000 Yes
Guillarmod, J.; Getliffe; Mzamane [321] Lesotho K003618186 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15335] South Africa K003618173 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3060] Malawi K003618001 Yes
Woolley Dod [3568] South Africa K003618108 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2725] Uganda K003617965 Yes
Smook, L. [1044] South Africa K003618064 Yes
Rose, F. [10514] Uganda K003617967 Yes
s.coll. [[24734]] South Africa K003618056 Yes
Smook, L. [3974] South Africa K003618077 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [388] Lesotho K003618187 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [68] Cameroon K000181991 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1261] Zimbabwe K003618015 Yes
Baur, R. [949] South Africa K003618110 Yes
Norval, C.M. [13] South Africa K003618053 Yes
Goosseus, A.P. [704] South Africa K003618066 Yes
Hill, M. [24] Tanzania K003617988 Yes
Buchanan, J. [s.n.] South Africa K000345061 Unknown Type Material Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N479] Lesotho K003618193 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [13160] South Africa K003618054 Yes
Bolus, F. [14994] South Africa K003618117 Yes
Buchanan, J. [991] K000345064 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harvey [147] South Africa K000345051 Unknown Type Material Yes
West, O. [1757] South Africa K003618151 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16245] South Africa K003618166 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [6077] Malawi K003617994 Yes
Smook, L. [1078] Lesotho K003618182 Yes
Smook, L. [0000003293] South Africa K003618123 Yes
Johnston, H., H. [64] K000345062 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [9631] South Africa K003618087 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1297] Cameroon K000181984 Yes
Simon, B.K. [929] Zimbabwe K003618016 Yes
Moss, C.E.; Rogers, F.A. [1177] South Africa K003618041 Yes
Ecklon, U.J. [945] South Africa K000345050 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase, N.C. [4653] Zimbabwe K003618028 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [4589] South Africa K003618144 Yes
Hawskworth, J. [22683] Zimbabwe K003617996 Yes
[J. K. Merton] [K1115] K003617956 Yes
Smook, L. [1383] South Africa K003618168 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2299] South Africa K003618141 Yes
Moll, E.J. [1094] South Africa K003618146 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2829] South Africa K003618044 Yes
Davies, R.M. [839] Zimbabwe K003618011 Yes
Volkens, G. [1351] Tanzania K000345066 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandwith, C. [103b] South Africa K003618084 Yes
Stolz, A. [2263] Tanzania K003617984 Yes
Pole Evans, J.B. [H13152] South Africa K003618043 Yes
Ferreira, N.A. [F040] South Africa K003618063 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [675] South Africa K003618116 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15514] South Africa K003618171 Yes
Mohle, G.L. [133] South Africa K003618037 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [962] Zimbabwe K003618013 Yes
Hancock; Soundy [5] Uganda K003617969 Yes
Smook, L. [7120] Lesotho K003618178 Yes
Germishuizen, G. [2285] South Africa K003618164 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [753] Malawi K003618002 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [17734] South Africa K003618046 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [170] South Africa K003618050 Yes
Dieterlen [388] Lesotho K003618181 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/323] Malawi K003618005 Yes
Crook, A.O. [2264] South Africa K003618121 Yes
West, O. [406] South Africa K003618156 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [744] South Africa K003618051 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1032] South Africa K003618059 Yes
Baur, R. [315] South Africa K003618111 Yes
Stirton, C.H. [5570] South Africa K003618167 Yes
Hawskworth, J. [22685] Zimbabwe K003618003 Yes
Stolz, A. [2517] Tanzania K003617985 Yes
{Iecama; Agr. & Mech. Arts} [J52] Ethiopia K003617958 Yes
Smook, L. [3728] South Africa K003618131 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [N35] South Africa K003618097 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16082] Zimbabwe K003618024 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345048 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2846] South Africa K003618034 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Leach, L.C. [2253] South Africa K003618052 Yes
Buchanan [157] South Africa K003618176 Yes
Parker, R.N. [4932] South Africa K003618080 Yes
Garside, S. [1338] South Africa K003618082 Yes
Corby, H.D.L. [268] Zimbabwe K003618019 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/310] Malawi K003617999 Yes
Phillips, S.M. [6] Ethiopia K003617957 Yes
Schimper [689] Ethiopia K000345068 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tothill, J.D. [T2457] Uganda K003617964 Yes
Rose, F. [10157] Uganda K003617963 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1696] Uganda K003617970 Yes
Archibald, E.E.A. [5691] South Africa K003618091 Yes
Goosseus, A.P. [704] South Africa K003618070 Yes
Verreaux, J. [s.n.] South Africa K003618126 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003618045 Yes
Nicholas, A.; Everson, T.; Everson, C. [1223] South Africa K003618130 Yes
Goosseus, A.P. [842] South Africa K003618069 Yes
Williams, F.R. [187] Zimbabwe K003618029 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [703] South Africa K003618161 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2592] Lesotho K003618185 Yes
Story, R. [1594] South Africa K003618093 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/360] Malawi K003618006 Yes
[A. J. Godge] [3684] Kenya K003617976 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [17744] South Africa K003618042 Yes
Smook, L. [1061] South Africa K003618165 Yes
Bowie [4] South Africa K003618109 Yes
{Simon; Williamson; Ball} [1710] Malawi K003617995 Yes
Mavi, S.; Maroyi, A. [1912] Zimbabwe K003618022 Yes
{Bayer; McClean} [274] South Africa K003618145 Yes
s.coll. [378] Kenya K003617971 Yes
Lubke, R.A. [254] Lesotho K003618191 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [8223] Tanzania K003617983 Yes
Moll, E.J. [1094] South Africa K003618147 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2503] South Africa K003618163 Yes
Buchanan, J. [989] K000345065 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rose, F. [10158] Uganda K003617966 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [4102] South Africa K003618039 Yes
Smook, L. [1084] South Africa K003618160 Yes
Smook, L. [3904] South Africa K003618124 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [6770] South Africa K003618136 Yes
Davidse, G. [6981] South Africa K003618072 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] K000345063 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K003617989 Yes
Mostert, J. [1343] South Africa K003618073 Yes
South Africa K000345056 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rattray, J.M. [923] Zimbabwe K003618032 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345055 Unknown Type Material Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [6931] South Africa K003618076 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [T2415] Uganda K003617962 Yes
Smook, L. [1042] South Africa K003618065 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003618132 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [644] South Africa K003618115 Yes
Burchell, W., J. [4246] South Africa K000345046 Unknown Type Material Yes
Battiscombe, E. [677] Kenya K003617977 Yes
Orchard, E.R. [520] South Africa K003618090 Yes
Ferreira, N.A. [F113] South Africa K003618068 Yes
Schimper [671] Ethiopia K000345069 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jeffrey, A.B. [[2/53]] Zimbabwe K003618031 Yes
West, O. [838] South Africa K003618148 Yes
Roberts, B.R. [2043] South Africa K003618095 Yes
Prosser, E.U. [1680] South Africa K003618061 Yes
Muir, J. (Dr.) [2864] South Africa K003618118 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [850] Zimbabwe K003618014 Yes
Bally, J. (Mrs) [57] Kenya K003617973 Yes
Wright, F.B. [412] South Africa K003618138 Yes
Moss, C.E. [9172] South Africa K003618058 Yes
Smook, L. [3710] South Africa K003618129 Yes
Sandwith, C. [103a] South Africa K003618101 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [4502] Lesotho K003618180 Yes
Crook, A.O. [300] Zimbabwe K003618030 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345052 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [24734] South Africa K003618055 Yes
Haynes, R.A.; Kruger, F.J. [739] South Africa K003618122 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [6920] South Africa K003618085 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345058 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bolus, H. [710] South Africa K000345059 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zeyher [2583] South Africa K000345049 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ruch, M. [2387] Lesotho K003618189 Yes
s.coll. [9345] South Africa K003618088 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [196] South Africa K003618060 Yes
Medley Wood, J. [7215] South Africa K003618112 Yes
McCallum, D.A.; Balkwill, K.; Reddy, R.A. [972] South Africa K003618033 Yes
Theron, G.C. [933] South Africa K003618096 Yes
Dieterlen [388] Lesotho K003618188 Yes
Ferreira, N.A. [F101] South Africa K003618062 Yes
Williamson, G. [1015] Zambia K003618008 Yes
Garside, S. [1338] South Africa K003618081 Yes
Cooper, T. [914] South Africa K000345053 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smook, L. [2559] South Africa K003618038 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3613] South Africa K003618128 Yes
Edwards, D. [4067] South Africa K003618074 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3954] South Africa K003618086 Yes
Humbert, H. [15171] South Africa K003618158 Yes
West, O. [840] South Africa K003618150 Yes
Lehmann [s.n.] South Africa K000345054 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burtt Davy, J. (Dr.) [2069/29] Malawi K003618007 Yes
Wilms, F. [2383] South Africa K003618113 Yes
Hill, M. [26] Tanzania K003617990 Yes
Ruch, M. [2011] South Africa K003618143 Yes
West, O. [462] South Africa K003618155 Yes
Rudatis, H. [730] South Africa K003618175 Yes
Jackson, G. [1913] Malawi K003617997 Yes
MacOwan, P. [1301] South Africa K003618107 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2533] South Africa K003618120 Yes
Schlechterianae [10156] South Africa K003618125 Yes
Hawskworth, J. [22684] Malawi K003618004 Yes
Hedberg, O. [867] Kenya K003617974 Yes
Jacobsz, M.L. [4022] South Africa K003618067 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [3341] Uganda K003617968 Yes
Parker, R.N. [4387] South Africa K003618078 Yes
I.B.P. [807] South Africa K003618040 Yes
{Iecama; Agr. & Mech. Arts} [H69] Ethiopia K003617960 Yes
s.coll. [6834] Zimbabwe K003618020 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [823] Kenya K003617978 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N294] South Africa K003618154 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [3150] South Africa K003618089 Yes
Schimper [s.n.] Ethiopia K000345070 Unknown Type Material Yes
Story, R. [3728] South Africa K003618100 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [869] Uganda K003617961 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [9385] South Africa K003618092 Yes
Brain, C.K. [7131] Zimbabwe K003618021 Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [678] South Africa K003618137 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3542] South Africa K003618083 Yes
Hill, W.J. [H3/30/33] Tanzania K003617986 Yes
Sandwith, C. [174] South Africa K003618133 Yes
Pole Evans, I.B. [364] South Africa K003618047 Yes
Coe, M. [767] Kenya K003617979 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15051] South Africa K003618172 Yes

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