Oropetium capense Stapf

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 742 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Dry parts of Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The 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 West Tropical Africa

  • in Fl. Capensis 7: 742 (1900).

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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Guinea, E. (1948). Catálogo razonado de las plantas del Sáhara Español. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 8: 357-429.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 26 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 405 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 43 (1965).
  • Stapf in Fl. Cap. 7: 742 (1900).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Smook, L. [2864] South Africa K003360293 Yes
MacOwan [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000366564 Syntype Yes
Verdcourt; Polhill [2703] Kenya K003360207 Yes
Schweicherdt, H.G. [1558] South Africa K003360288 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3616] South Africa K003360319 Yes
Mannheimer, C. [4321] Namibia K003360258 Yes
Stannard, B.; Gilbert, M.G. [930-960] Kenya K003360203 Yes
Hochobes, M.M. [1903] Namibia K003360259 Yes
Smook, L. [2067] South Africa K003360302 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1556] South Africa K003360298 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8537] Saudi Arabia K003360087 Yes
Smook, L. [2083] South Africa K003360291 Yes
Brückner, A. [183] South Africa K003360315 Yes
Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [292] Namibia K003360261 Yes
Wingfield, R. [1471] Tanzania K003360209 Yes
Skarpe, C. [S-235] Botswana K003360257 Yes
Chuwa, S. [3095] Tanzania K003360211 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6236] Saudi Arabia K003360086 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. Somalia K003360172 Yes
Smook, L. [7174] Lesotho K003360321 Yes
Smook, L. [1141] South Africa K003360282 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12766] Kenya K003360201 Yes
Esterhuysen, E. [5350] South Africa K003360314 Yes
Wingfield [156] Tanzania K003360212 Yes
De Winter; Hardy [7983] Namibia K003360267 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4492] Saudi Arabia K003360085 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6178] Kenya K003360204 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [554] South Africa K003360281 Yes
Ward, C.J. [10807] Namibia K003360304 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2708] Botswana K003360250 Yes
Esterhuysen, E. [1036] South Africa K003360312 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [129] Zimbabwe K003360240 Yes
Burchell [2091] 27CPPOO K000366566 Type Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13245] Tanzania K003360208 Yes
Thulin, M.; Warfa, A.M. Somalia K003360167 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2015] Botswana K003360247 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2628] Botswana K003360249 Yes
de Winter, B. [7406] Botswana K003360252 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.; Hassan, A. Somalia K003360168 Yes
Burchell [2057] 27CPPOO K000366565 Type Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. Ethiopia K003360164 Yes
van der Schyff, H.P. [1704] South Africa K003360286 Yes
Wild, H. [7811] Zimbabwe K003360242 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3466] Botswana K003360256 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. Somalia K003360169 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [4443] Namibia K003360268 Yes
Giess, W. [12532] Namibia K003360271 Yes
Cope, T.A. [424] Oman K003360094 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. Ethiopia K003360165 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2310] Kenya K003360200 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [2996] Zimbabwe K003360239 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [12782] South Africa K003360279 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9854] Tanzania K003360210 Yes
Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [292] Namibia K003360272 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. Ethiopia K003360162 Yes
Dinter [s.n.] Namibia K000366567 Syntype Yes
Obermeyer, A.A. [2477] Zimbabwe K003360238 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9383] Oman K003360092 Yes
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6087] South Africa K003360310 Yes
Schlechter, R. [4580] South Africa K003360276 No
Ward, C.J. [5655] South Africa K003360305 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. Ethiopia K003360166 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3063] Botswana K003360255 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5831] Saudi Arabia K003360083 Yes
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Långström [8367] Yemen K003360090 Yes
Pienaar, J.N. [269] South Africa K003360284 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. Somalia K003360170 Yes
Miller, A.G. [6309] Oman K003360091 Yes
Skarpe, C. [S-306] Botswana K003360254 Yes
Smook, L. [4639] South Africa K003360292 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. Somalia K003360174 Yes
Smook, L. [2048] South Africa K003360299 Yes
Theron, G.K. [2759] South Africa K003360283 Yes
Snow, N.; Chatakuta, M. [6879] Botswana K003360253 Yes
Comins, D.M. [926] South Africa K003360289 Yes
Merxmüller, H.; Giess, W. [1211] Namibia K003360266 Yes
Wild, H. [7637] Zimbabwe K003360244 Yes
Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [292] Namibia K003360273 Yes
Hagerup, O. [3996] Mali K000392239 Yes
Muller, D.B. [818] South Africa K003360296 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. Ethiopia K003360163 Yes
Turner, R.A. [10] South Africa K003360280 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2886] Zimbabwe K003360241 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [8855] South Africa K003360306 Yes
Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [292] Namibia K003360274 Yes
Schweicherdt, H.G. [1585] South Africa K003360287 Yes
Dinter [7037] Namibia K003360265 Yes
Smook, L. [002889] South Africa K003360295 Yes
Brown, R.C. [MAMUNO29] Botswana K003360251 Yes
Werger, M.J.A. [1825] South Africa K003360309 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [2231] South Africa K003360311 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2343] South Africa K003360294 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [554] South Africa K003360285 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Long, D.G. [3407] Yemen K003360088 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [1242] Namibia K003360269 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Verdcourt, B. [735] Kenya K003360206 Yes
Smook, L. [6955] South Africa K003360308 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1957] South Africa K003360290 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5892] Zimbabwe K003360245 Yes
Pettet, A. Sudan K003360160 Yes
Russell, G.; Smook [5264 A] Namibia K003360270 Yes
Bisset, E. [176a] Yemen K003360089 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5331] Namibia K003360264 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5650] Saudi Arabia K003360084 Yes
Potts, G. [2429] South Africa K003360297 Yes
Ferrar, E. [6078] South Africa K003360317 Yes
Smook, L. [9586] South Africa K003360318 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [7242] Kenya K003360202 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [2322] South Africa K003360307 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2381] South Africa K003360303 Yes
Officer, V. [1618] Kenya K003360199 Yes
Theron, G.C. [484] South Africa K003360320 Yes
Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [292] Namibia K003360262 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/761] Kenya K003360198 Yes
Moss, C.E.; Rogers, F.A. [49] South Africa K003360278 Yes
Esterhuysen, E. [5349] South Africa K003360313 Yes
Moss, C.E.; Rogers, F.A. [49] South Africa K003360277 No
Fisher; Schweickerdt [544] South Africa K003360275 No
Muller, D.B. [1702] South Africa K003360301 Yes
Pappi, A. Eritrea K003360161 Yes
Bogdan, A.V. [AB 3146] Kenya K003360205 Yes
Smook, L. [2119] South Africa K003360300 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9293] Oman K003360093 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M.; Abdi M. Dahir Somalia K003360173 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3315] Botswana K003360248 Yes
Gillett, J.B. Somalia K003360171 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1754] Zimbabwe K003360246 Yes
West, O. [7576] Zimbabwe K003360243 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [2013] South Africa K003360316 Yes
Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [292] Namibia K003360263 Yes

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