Sehima ischaemoides Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 178 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde, Dry Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, 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. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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., 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., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 849.
  • F.T.A. 9: 37
  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 178 (1775)

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. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. 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.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • 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., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 476 (1972).
  • Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 178 (1775).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 58 (1958).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 37 (1917).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 12, 1916 Chevalier, A. [9797] Central African Republic K000280657 Holotype Yes
Pettet, A. [s.n.] Sudan K003090990 No
[Babikev Bestin] [123] Sudan K003090997 No
Brain, C.K. [5582] Zimbabwe K003091080 Yes
Schweinfurth, C. [1023] Ethiopia K003091001 No
Guy, P.R. [2342] Zimbabwe K003091074 Yes
de Leeuw [1861] Nigeria K003090957 No
[24788] Pakistan K003090870 No
Albert [illegible] [42658] Mali K003090956 No
Gonde, P. [290] Zimbabwe K003091075 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [571] Sudan K003090993 No
Davies, R.M. [466] Zimbabwe K003091077 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [1210] Sudan K003090994 No
Schimper [739] K000280662 Isotype Yes
Pfund [331] Sudan K003090995 No
Bingham, M.G. [478] Zimbabwe K003091081 Yes
Schweinfurth, C. [1023] Ethiopia K003091002 No
Wingfield [582] Tanzania K003091008 No
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2095] Namibia K003091088 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [3286] Sudan K003090998 No
McLeish, I. [2781] Oman K003090790 No
West, O. [7227] Zimbabwe K003091070 No
Rattray, J.M. [1258] Zimbabwe K003091071 Yes
[illegible] [94] Niger K003090954 No
Saadou, M. [2263] Niger K003090953 No
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [1058] Somalia K003091004 No
Chevalier [9797] K003090959 No
Kotschy [581] Sudan K000280661 Type Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003090992 No
Pettet, A. [s.n.] Sudan K003090999 No
s.coll. [2278] Ethiopia K003091003 No
Cope, T.A. [679] Oman K003090789 No
[25648] Pakistan K003090872 No
Brain, C.K. [8856] Zimbabwe K003091079 Yes
[24788] Pakistan K003090871 No
Harrison, M.N. [954] Sudan K003090996 No
Guy, P.R. [2491] Zimbabwe K003091073 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2768] Sudan K003090989 No
[4486] India K003090874 No
Blair Rains, A. [58] Botswana K003091082 Yes
Weicker, C.E. [00857] Sudan K003090991 No
Burtt, B.D. [2568] Tanzania K003091007 No
Bolle, C.; Watson, H.G. [s.n.] Cabo Verde K003090955 No
de Winter, B. [2932] Namibia K003091087 Yes
Buerger, R.C. [1165] Botswana K003091083 Yes
Astle, W.L. [4624] Zambia K003091068 No
Robinson, E.A. [1424] Zambia K003091067 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [2937] Zimbabwe K003091078 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1802] Zambia K003091069 Yes
de Winter, B. [2932] Namibia K003091090 Yes
s.coll. [4] Ethiopia K003091000 No
Bratt, D.J. [MS 572] Kenya K003091006 No
Phipps, J.B. [2916] Zimbabwe K003091072 Yes
Kotschy [373] Sudan K000280660 Isotype Yes
[147] India K003090873 No
Lowe, J. [1599 A] Nigeria K003090958 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L. [594] South Africa K003091089 Yes
Gonde, P. [46] Zimbabwe K003091076 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1392] Kenya K003091005 No
Jackson, J. [410] Malawi K003091066 Yes

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