Poaceae
Loudetia

Loudetia simplex (Nees) C.E.Hubb.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 431 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. 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].
  • 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.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • 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.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • 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.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 282.
  • Conert in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 77: 259 (1957)
  • F.T.A. 10: 25
  • in Kew Bull. 1934: 431

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • 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.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 36 (1958).
  • C. E. Hubbard in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1934: 431 (1934)
  • C. E. Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 10: 25 (1937).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 419 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 52 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 27 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 486 (1956).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 47 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 41 (1960).
  • Troupin, Fl. Garamba 1: 57 (1956).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 13, 2023 Cheek, M. ; Ndive, E. ; Enow, B. ; Ebai, L. [13932] Cameroon K001562721 Yes
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [450] Guinea K000010709 No
Jul 23, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1483] Mozambique K001346190 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13577] Cameroon K000580330 No
Jun 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [132] Cameroon K000107918 No
Jan 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9738] Cameroon K000339607 No
May 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [8719] Cameroon K000339606 No
Mar 1, 1936 Peter, A. [s.n.] Tanzania K000280906 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1936 Greenway [2421] Tanzania K000280905 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Mann, G. [2080] Cameroon K000280900 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Barter, C. Nigeria K000280882 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Barter, C. Nigeria K000280884 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Barter, C. Nigeria K000280881 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Barter, C. Nigeria K000280883 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Buchanan, J. South Africa K000280857 Holotype Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Kingsley, M.H. Cameroon K000280903 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Thollon K000280898 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Thollon [65] K000280899 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Schimper [18] Ethiopia K000281013 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Schimper [18] Ethiopia K000281012 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Schimper [18] Ethiopia K000281014 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Mann, G. [1346] Cameroon K000280901 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Mann, G. [1346] Cameroon K000280902 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1934 Drège South Africa K000280852 Isotype Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1154] South Africa K002925139 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5504] Tanzania K000190734 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2359] South Africa K002925195 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [427] South Africa K002925186 Yes
Rehmann, A. [5666] South Africa K002925146 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1089] South Africa K002925133 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17506] South Africa K002925199 Yes
Story, R. [5355] South Africa K002925177 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5061] Tanzania K000190289 Yes
Langdale-Brown [2030B] Uganda K002204408 Yes
Davy, J.B.; F.L.S. [18881] South Africa K002925155 Yes
Schlechter, R. [3991] South Africa K002925135 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1152] South Africa K002925173 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th444] Uganda K002204414 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3362] South Africa K002925190 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [4077] Madagascar K000244599 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thorncroft, G. [41] South Africa K002925150 Yes
Smook, L. [1438] South Africa K002925122 Yes
Van Vuuren, D. [412] South Africa K002925163 Yes
Edwards, G. [s.n.] South Africa K002925156 Yes
Kalema, J. [2304] Uganda K002204400 Yes
Brown; Shapiro [194] South Africa K002925194 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1117] South Africa K002925167 Yes
Langdale-Brown [1433] Uganda K002204412 Yes
Smook, L. [1654] South Africa K002925189 Yes
Rehmann, A. [5663] South Africa K000280849 Type Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2223] Uganda K002204413 Yes
Bohrmann, A.E. [36] South Africa K002925161 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5320] Tanzania K000190550 Yes
de Toit, P.V.V. [1089] South Africa K002925188 Yes
Todd, H. [104] Cameroon K001480218 Yes
Andrianjafy, N.M.; Rakotondrina, B. [1943] Madagascar K001634343 Yes
Zambatis, N. [443] South Africa K002925182 Yes
Appleton, A.F. [53] South Africa K002925142 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [42] Uganda K002204399 Yes
Van der Schijff, H.P. [5062] South Africa K002925176 Yes
Dyson-Hudson [309] Uganda K002204406 Yes
Emson, H.E. [298] Tanzania K000280907 Type Yes
Devenish, N.J. [616] South Africa K002925157 Yes
Wood, J.M. [1580] South Africa K000280853 Syntype Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1155] South Africa K002925121 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002925154 Yes
Buchanan, J. [294] South Africa K002925138 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5455] Tanzania K000190685 Yes
Buchanan, J. [65] South Africa K000280855 Syntype Yes
Smook, L. [1682] South Africa K002925198 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1242] Uganda K002204398 Yes
Dummer, R. [1406] Uganda K002204394 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1088] South Africa K002925175 Yes
Rabarimanarivo, S.M.; Porembski, S.; Giebelmann.; Werner, J. [701] Madagascar K001890556 No
Wilms, F. [1706] South Africa K002925144 Yes
Hedberg, O. [93143] Cameroon K000087417 No
Mphamba, S. [4] Mozambique K000613687 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9640] Zambia K001528854 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E5915] Uganda K002204397 Yes
Williamson, S.D. [347] South Africa K002925164 Yes
Osborne, J. [JO1440] Mozambique K000569794 Yes
Schlechter, R. [4438] South Africa K002925143 Yes
Smook, L. [5007] South Africa K002925136 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2001] South Africa K002925130 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [458] South Africa K002925178 Yes
Patel, H. [7304] Mozambique K000613566 No
Buchanan, J. [293] South Africa K000280856 Syntype Yes
Johnston, H.B. [398] Uganda K002204392 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1188] Uganda K002204403 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3862] Uganda K002204402 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1119] South Africa K002925172 Yes
Langdale-Brown [1434] Uganda K002204411 Yes
Harris, T. [288] Mozambique K000613363 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1157] South Africa K002925174 Yes
Smook, L. [4943] South Africa K002925137 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1099] South Africa K002925140 Yes
[Bdeweister]; Codd, L.E. [607] South Africa K002925179 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [648] South Africa K002925147 Yes
Rehmann, A. [5664] South Africa K000280851 Syntype Yes
Smook, L. [1573] South Africa K002925193 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [946] South Africa K002925166 Yes
[Bdewiutes]; Codd, L.E. [607] South Africa K002925151 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1100] South Africa K002925126 Yes
Harris, T. [460] Mozambique K000613896 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1119] Uganda K002204416 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1158] South Africa K002925125 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [3051] Uganda K002204415 Yes
Chandler, P. [711] Uganda K002204390 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2355] South Africa K002925192 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2288] South Africa K002925132 Yes
Schlechter, R. [4434] South Africa K002925145 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2040] South Africa K002925123 Yes
Smuts, G.L. [15] South Africa K002925187 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E5804] Uganda K002204405 Yes
Nelson, W. [20] South Africa K000280850 Syntype Yes
Smook, L. [1404] South Africa K002925191 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1148] South Africa K002925141 Yes
Thornton, D.D. [46] Uganda K002204391 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [756] South Africa K002925160 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5158] Tanzania K000190386 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7811] South Africa K002925168 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5173] Tanzania K000190402 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [648] South Africa K002925153 Yes
du Toit, P.V.V. [1132] South Africa K002925185 Yes
Wood, J.M. [4404] South Africa K000280854 Syntype Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2627] Uganda K002204407 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3362] South Africa K002925197 Yes
Westfall, R.H. [1517] South Africa K002925129 Yes
du Toit, P.V.V. [1158] South Africa K002925183 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3905] Uganda K002204401 Yes
Meeuse, A.D.J. [9930] South Africa K002925165 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2375] South Africa K002925196 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2401] South Africa K002925159 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1155] South Africa K002925134 Yes
Davy, J.B. [15266] South Africa K002925152 Yes
Langdale-Brown [1840] Uganda K002204409 Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [2428] Uganda K002204410 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8597] South Africa K002925124 Yes
Van Vuuren, D.R.J. [1387] South Africa K002925162 Yes
s.coll. [30272] South Africa K002925148 Yes
Welwitsch [7406] Angola K000280831 Isosyntype Yes
Muller, P.J. [2177] South Africa K002925127 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3581] Uganda K002204404 Yes
Schweickerat, H.G. [8137] South Africa K002925169 Yes
unknown [2022] Madagascar K000244598 Unknown Type Material Yes
[W. C. Saek] [5827] Uganda K002204396 Yes
Wilson, J. [765] Uganda K002204393 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [17342] South Africa K002925131 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1111] South Africa K002925128 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [396] South Africa K002925180 Yes
s.coll. [2481] South Africa K002925158 Yes
Hemm, G. [551] South Africa K002925181 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1600] South Africa K002925171 Yes
Hazel, C. [568] Uganda K002204395 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3999] Madagascar Loudetia stipoides K000244597 Unknown Type Material Yes

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