Thelepogon elegans Roth

First published in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 788 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Namibia, India to W. Indo-China, S. Malesia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Pakistan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 849
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 397.
  • F.T.A. 9: 34
  • Syst. Veg. 2: 788 (1817)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • 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.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 473 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 95 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 46 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 551 (1956).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 62 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 58 (1960).
  • Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 277 (1817).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 34 (1917).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 8, 1935 Edgeworth, M.P. [s.n.] India K003090059 Yes
May 8, 1935 Ralph, T.S. [360] India K001770394 Yes
Letouzey, R. [13163] Cameroon K003090113 No
[3533] Burma K003090062 No
[6408] Benin K003090081 No
[A. Harrer Dao] [1410] Tanzania K003090143 No
[6174] Benin K003090082 No
Palmer, J.H. [12] Nigeria K003090091 No
Peers, A.W. [Ka M36] Sudan K003090117 No
[7799] Togo K003090079 No
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC2472] Tanzania K003090150 No
s.coll. [99] Nigeria K003090106 No
Figari [s.n.] Ethiopia K003090123 No
Jano, M. [7002] Nigeria K003090090 No
Patel, I.H.; Morris, B. [484] Malawi K003090154 No
Kennedy, J.D. [8046] Nigeria K003090094 No
McClounie, J. [18] Malawi K003090153 No
Greenway [6962] Tanzania K003090140 No
Schweinfurth, G. [1044] Ethiopia K003090125 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15111] Tanzania K003090136 No
[s.n.] India K003090053 No
Friis, I.; et al. [13,529] Ethiopia K003090119 Yes
Dyson; [Huelson] [304] Uganda K003090126 No
[4679] Australia K003090070 No
Dalziel, J.M. [284] Nigeria K003090086 No
[36] Niger K003090076 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Fantahun Semon; Jensen, M.; Keneei, L. [8036] Ethiopia K003090124 No
[8518] India K003090057 No
Greenway, P.J. [7395] Tanzania K003090142 No
s.coll. [4133] Tanzania K003090144 No
Hinds, J.H. [182] Zambia K003090158 No
Gonde, P. [42/75] Zimbabwe K003090165 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K003090118 No
[s.n.] India K003090056 No
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [623] Nigeria K003090097 No
[3551] Malaysia K003090063 No
[1451] Niger K003090078 No
[30440] Ghana K003090071 No
Procter, J. [3348] Tanzania K003090152 No
Burtt, B.D. [2672] Tanzania K003090137 No
[188] Niger K003090077 No
Moiser, B. [132a] Nigeria K003090105 No
Backeus, I. [1217] Tanzania K003090151 No
s.coll. [1508] K003090110 No
Leippert [5727] Tanzania K003090134 No
Barter [730] Niger K003090089 No
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12925] Cameroon K003090111 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003090132 No
[GC15859] Ghana K003090073 No
Davis, R.L. [63] Tanzania K003090146 No
[4177] Australia K003090066 No
Letouzey, R. [6543] K003090107 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [25379] Tanzania K003090148 No
Myers, J.G. [10079] Sudan K003090116 No
Harker, K.W. [460] Uganda K003090128 No
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12581] Cameroon K003090109 No
Prince, S.D. [494] Zambia K003090159 No
[30704] Ghana K003090072 No
Bingham, M.G. [1408] Zimbabwe K003090166 No
[1760] Togo K003090080 No
Lely, H.V. [775] Nigeria K003090085 No
Trapnell, C. [961] Zambia K003090161 No
Clayton, D. [DC81] Uganda K003090131 No
Burtt, B.D. [2618] Tanzania K003090138 No
Gbile; Daramola [s.n.] Nigeria K003090103 No
s.coll. [49] Tanzania K003090147 No
Wit; Gbile; Daramola [304] Nigeria K003090098 No
[32097] Ghana K003090067 No
Saxer, A. [454] Cameroon K003090112 No
[2016] Guinea K003090065 No
[s.n.] India K003090054 No
[279] Australia K003090069 No
Law [s.n.] India K001129785 Type Yes
Simon, B.K. [2185] Zimbabwe K003090164 No
Latilo, M.G. [FHI 61425] Nigeria K003090104 No
[97849] India K003090052 No
Verboom, W.C. [959] Zambia K003090162 No
Muerillon, A. [1368] Cameroon K003090108 No
Lowe, J.L. [1605] Nigeria K003090101 No
[1229] Cameroon K003090083 No
Sherif, M.I.; Yousif, M. [A4008] Sudan K003090115 No
Baikie, W.B. [s.n.] Niger K003090084 No
Burtt, B.D. [5679] Tanzania K003090139 No
Olorunfemi, J. [s.n.] Nigeria K003090102 No
Richards, M. [19914] Tanzania K003090149 No
Thomas, A.S. [Th3702] Uganda K003090130 No
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1896KBS] Zambia K003090160 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [11821] Ethiopia K003090120 No
Elffers, J. [s.n.] K003090133 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M.; WEA v. Beek [10391] Cameroon K003090114 No
Thomas, A.S. [TH3103] Uganda K003090129 No
[812] India K003090055 No
Olorunfemi, J. [s.n.] Nigeria K003090100 No
[538] Niger K003090075 No
White, F. [7729] Zambia K003090163 No
Archdeacon; Johnson, W.P. [91] Mozambique K003090155 No
[5053] India K003090060 No
[10636] India K003090051 No
[13167] India K003090058 No
[2142] India K003090050 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13241] Tanzania K003090141 No
[30252] Australia K003090068 No
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [46543] Nigeria K003090096 No
[10032] India K003090061 No
[1256] Benin K003090074 No
Clayton, D. [DC 333] Nigeria K003090088 No
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [11546] Tanzania K003090135 No
Johnston, H.B. [N46] Nigeria K003090099 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K003090145 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Fantahun Semon; Jensen, M.; Gashaw, M. [7766] Ethiopia K003090121 No
Daramola, B.O. [60593] Nigeria K003090093 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1818] Uganda K003090127 No
Astle, W.L. [5587] Zambia K003090157 No
Hepper, F.N.; Keay, R.W.J. [942] Nigeria K003090092 No
Astle, W.L. [4787] Zambia K003090156 No
[2016] Guinea K003090064 No
Clayton, D. [1354] Nigeria K003090095 No
Parker, C. [E85] Ethiopia K003090122 No
Lely, H.V. [773] Nigeria K003090087 No

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