Poaceae
Sarga

Sarga purpureosericea (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Spangler

First published in Austral. Syst. Bot. 16: 291 (2003)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mali to Eritrea and Tanzania, S. Arabian Peninsula, India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Oman, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]

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., 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1975 Abdallah, F.C.; Hardy, S.; Bally [10784] Uganda Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511923 Yes
[Beshir Eff] [20] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648560 Yes
s.coll. [A3342] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648556 Yes
Pappi, A. [336] Eritrea Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511919 Yes
Oche, M.O. [126] Nigeria Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511930 Yes
Haekstre, P. [218] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648575 Yes
Schimper [1551] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280777 Isosyntype Yes
Schimper [1551] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280778 Isosyntype Yes
Bogdan, A. [2246] Kenya Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511926 Yes
Quarton-Dillon; Petit [209] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280780 Type Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3637] Tanzania Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648789 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648574 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Wondefrash, M.; Ayana, A.; Simon, F. [9216] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511917 No
Schweinfurth, G. [1033] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280776 Isotype No
Niamir-Abyei, M. [35] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648565 Yes
[Babikir Beshir] [137] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648572 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648559 Yes
s.coll. [72] Indonesia Sorghum purpureosericeum K003647506 Yes
Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280779 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Punter] [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648566 Yes
Eagleton, G. [43] Somalia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511920 Yes
Myers, J.G. [9904] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511914 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [9794] Chad Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648363 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2406] Tanzania Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511928 Yes
s.coll. [A3318] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648557 Yes
Fotius, G. [934] Chad Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511921 Yes
s.coll. [243] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648577 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3370] Tanzania Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511927 Yes
Broun Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280775 Holotype Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648555 Yes
Fotius, G. [2333] Cameroon Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511922 Yes
Berhir, E. [34] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511916 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15391] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648576 Yes
Magaji, S.O. [192] Nigeria Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511929 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648562 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [3066] Uganda Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511924 Yes
s.coll. [3] Kenya Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648792 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648563 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648573 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648561 Yes
Toll, J. [TCD87/132] Chad Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648362 Yes
Davies, R.L. [269] Tanzania Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648790 Yes
Peers, A.W. [07] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511915 Yes
Thomas, L. [s.n.] Tanzania Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648788 No
Schimper [1417] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280781 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [A3277] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648564 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8667] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511918 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Wondefrash, M.; Getachew, E. [10235] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648578 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648567 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [238943] Tanzania Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648791 Yes
Muasya, J.; Muthoka, P.; Mbatha, M. [375] Kenya Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511925 Yes
s.coll. [13] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648558 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1777] Uganda Sorghum purpureosericeum K001666218 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K003648568 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Woodrow, G.M. [129] India Sorghum deccanense K000245844 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Woodrow, G.M. [129] India Sorghum deccanense K000245617 Type Yes
[Nigel Moss] [s.n.] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647133 Yes
[illegible] [887] India Sorghum deccanense K003647369 Yes
McLeish, I. [2549] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647129 Yes
[Mahgoub G Zaroung] [RMD32] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647123 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5259] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647124 Yes
Vicary [s.n.] Sorghum deccanense K003647368 Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. [255] India Sorghum deccanense K003647366 Yes
Cope, T.A. [488] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647121 Yes
Duthie, J., F. [8538] India Sorghum deccanense K000245619 Type Yes
s.coll. [40] India Sorghum deccanense K003647370 Yes
McLeish, I. [2635] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647130 Yes
Duthie, J., F. [10025] India Sorghum deccanense K000245618 Type Yes
Guarino, L.; IBPGR [39] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647127 Yes
Cope, T.A. [657] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647132 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8356] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647125 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India Sorghum deccanense K003647365 Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. [255] India Sorghum deccanense K003647367 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7699] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647122 Yes
McLeish, I. [2498] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647128 Yes
[P. N. Allison] [2] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647126 Yes
Cope, T.A. [576] Oman Sorghum deccanense K003647131 Yes

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