Poaceae
Schoenefeldia

Schoenefeldia gracilis Kunth

First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 283 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde, Sahara and Sahel to India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Yemen

Introduced into:

Madagascar, Palestine

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S. (2020). Flora of Eastern Ghats 7: 1-474. Regency publications, New Deli.
  • 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

  • Berhaut. Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 389. 397
  • Chev. Bot. 745
  • De Miré & Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 735.
  • Rev. Gram. 1: 283, t. 53 (1830)
  • in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 122

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.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Duthie, J.F. [10022] India K003436964 Yes
Pappi, A. [6019] Eritrea K003437057 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [H40] Nigeria K003437028 Yes
Bradley, P.N. [019b] Niger K003437022 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [17054] Senegal K003436974 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Goudiaby, A.; Madsen, J.E. [17338] Senegal K003436972 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437002 Yes
Saadou, M. [390] Niger K003437020 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traore, S. [17893] Senegal K001513671 Yes
Palmer, J.H. [6] Nigeria K003437029 Yes
Pfund, J. [614] Sudan K003437040 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [33858] Senegal K003436978 Yes
Hendelot [389] Senegal K003436981 Yes
Perrier de la Bathie, H. [13824] Madagascar K003437106 Yes
Scholz [s.n.] Burkina Faso K003436998 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [17065] Senegal K003436971 Yes
Bartha, R. [93] Niger K003437017 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6579] India K003436962 Yes
Ward, J.F. [75] Nigeria K003437027 Yes
Davey, J.T. [84] Sudan K003437048 Yes
Money-Kyrle, A.F. [SAH38] Niger K003437021 No
Duthie, J.F. [4960] India K000245190 Holotype Yes
Hall, J.B. [cc901] Ghana K003437005 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [33858] Senegal K003436979 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437012 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437014 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1032] Ethiopia K003437060 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K003437004 Yes
Geerling, C.; L. P. van Lavieren; Ngog Njé, J. [5325] Cameroon K003437038 Yes
Drissa Diallo; Hveem, B.; Mahmoud, M.A. [287bh] Mali K003436984 Yes
Rossetti, C. [81/307] Mauritania K003436969 No
Zate, B.R. [4200] India K003436961 Yes
Saxton, W.T. [537] India K003436963 Yes
Daggash, M. [FHI24885] Nigeria K003437031 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [6380] Senegal K003436977 Yes
Shivonen, J. [268] Burkina Faso K003436995 Yes
s.coll. [2389] Mali K003436986 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Goudiaby, A.; Madsen, J.E. [17367] Senegal K003436973 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [30228] Ghana K003437010 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Togo K003437016 Yes
Blair, I.J. [162] Sudan K003437047 Yes
Thornewill, A.S. [186] Nigeria K003437032 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [4493] Nigeria K003437024 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [506] Nigeria K003437026 Yes
Wiltshire, T. [5] Sudan K003437050 Yes
Anne, F. [P347] Burkina Faso K003436989 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437013 Yes
Adam, J.G. [s.n.] Senegal K003436980 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [48] Mali K003436988 Yes
Burger, W. [3525] Ethiopia K003437059 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [18813] India K003436965 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [502] Sudan K003437055 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [24875] Burkina Faso K003436994 Yes
Scholz [s.n.] Burkina Faso K003436999 Yes
Norris, J.J. [123] Pakistan K003436956 No
Harrison, M.N. [104] Sudan K003437041 Yes
Money-Kyrle, A.F. [Fe9] Niger K003437019 Yes
Pettet, A. [s.n.] Sudan K003437051 Yes
s.coll. [19] Pakistan K003436957 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437006 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437003 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437011 No
[Balikre Beshir] [96] Sudan K003437042 Yes
s.coll. [6129] Niger K003437018 Yes
Newby, J.E. [ZP184] Niger K003437023 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437001 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [261] Nigeria K003437025 Yes
Majo, R., D. [s.n.] Senegal K000365028 Isotype Yes
Burger, W. [2165] Ethiopia K003437061 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437000 Yes
Adam, J.G. [11092] Senegal K003436976 Yes
[H. W. Bowne] [625] Sudan K003437049 Yes
Collenette, J.S. [6844] Saudi Arabia K003436954 Yes
Crowfoot [s.n.] Sudan K003437052 Yes
Taylor, C.B. [5] Nigeria K003437030 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [47] Mali K003436987 Yes
Wadhwa, B.M. [5085] India K003436960 Yes
[J. F. Butler] [6579] India K003436958 Yes
Golding, F. [7] Nigeria K003437033 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32601] Ghana K003437007 Yes
Friis, I.; Wege Ahebe; Ermias Getachew [15341] Ethiopia K003437058 Yes
[S. E. Waden] [s.n.] Sudan K003437043 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K003436966 Yes
s.coll. [175] Ethiopia K003437062 Yes
Lawesson, J.E. [5175] Senegal K003436975 Yes
s.coll. [K.648] Sudan K003437053 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [5741] Yemen K003436955 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A. [22308] Burkina Faso K003436993 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6364] Cameroon K003437036 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [9623] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003437034 Yes
Bari; Abdullah [M1-C6] Mali K003436983 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [19217] India K003436959 Yes
Hagerup, O.; Olufsen, O. [342] Mali K003436985 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [3012] Sudan K003437039 Yes
Wiltshire, T. [5] Sudan K003437054 Yes
Vigne, C. [4644] Ghana K003437008 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003437015 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [633] Sudan K003437056 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [6454] Burkina Faso K003436997 Yes
Ritchie, W.B. [9] Sudan K003437044 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [3848] Ghana K003437009 Yes
s.coll. [4258] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003437035 Yes
Anne, F. [P341] Burkina Faso K003436990 Yes
Mosnier [2356] Senegal K003436982 Yes
Muerillon, A. [1358] Cameroon K003437037 Yes
Kotschy [36] Egypt K000365029 Isotype Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2752] Sudan K003437045 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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/

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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