Poaceae
Loudetia

Loudetia annua (Stapf) C.E.Hubb.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 429 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2019). Novitates Gabonenses 91: additons to the grass flora of Gabon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152: 99-105.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 416
  • Conert in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 77: 271 (1957)
  • F.T.A. 10: 40
  • Lebrun in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 116: 262 (1969).
  • in Kew Bull. 1934: 429

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2019). Novitates Gabonenses 91: additons to the grass flora of Gabon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152: 99-105.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. E. Hubbard in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1934: 429 (1934)
  • C. E. Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 10: 40 (1937).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 417 (1972).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 486 (1956).
  • Jac.-Fél. in Adansonia, sér. 2, 12: 233 (1972).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Madsen, J.E. [5871] Burkina Faso K000392248 No
Jan 1, 1997 Madsen, J.E. [5871] Burkina Faso K000392250 No
Jan 1, 1997 Madsen, J.E. [5871] Burkina Faso K000392252 No
Jan 1, 1997 Madsen, J.E. [5871] Burkina Faso K000392249 No
Jan 1, 1997 Madsen, J.E. [5871] Burkina Faso K000392251 No
Oct 1, 1934 Schweinfurth, G. [2007] Sudan K000281016 Holotype Yes
Oct 1, 1934 Schweinfurth, G. [2007] Sudan K000281017 Holotype Yes
Lely, H.V. [761] Nigeria K002386323 No
Lely, H.V. [P650] Nigeria K002386320 No
[Scholz] [s.n.] Nigeria K002386324 No
Wickens, G.E. [2534] Sudan K002386856 No
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K002386318 No
Tisserant, R.P.C. [2586] K002386767 No
Tuley, P.; Oche, M. [1706] Nigeria K002386325 No
Myers, J.G. [7333] Sudan K002386854 No
Wickens, G.E. [3108] Sudan K002386853 No
Michael Fay, J.; Ngaindiro, S.; Jules, F.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K002386768 No
Bruce, H. [338] Central African Republic K002386769 No
Berhaut, R.P. [5667] Senegal K002386311 No
Chancellor, R.J. [160] Uganda K002386919 No
Bille [1358] Central African Republic K002386766 No
Howard, W.J. [BV965] Nigeria K002386319 No
Adam, J.G. [12759] Guinea K002386316 No
Innes, R.R. [RRI318] Nigeria K002386326 No
Fay, J.M. [5941] Central African Republic K002386770 No
Taylor, C.B. [30] Nigeria K002386322 No
Audru [885] Chad K002386765 No
Adam, J.G. [15488] Senegal K002386312 No
Adam, J.G. [18261] Senegal K002386310 No
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K002386317 No
Saunders, L.H. [s.n.] Nigeria K002386327 No
Jackson, J.K. [2490] Sudan K002386855 No
Clair, V. [19] Central African Republic K000281029 Isotype Yes
Alves Pereira, J.; Correia, M. [2175] Guinea-Bissau K002386315 No
Viegas, J. [3110] Guinea-Bissau K002386314 No
Lely, H.V. [P808] Nigeria K002386321 No
Vanden Berghen, C. [3166] Senegal K002386313 No

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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