Poaceae
Alloteropsis
Alloteropsis semialata

Alloteropsis semialata subsp. semialata

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

East Himalaya

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • 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.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Moss, C.E. [11236] K003337289 Yes
Hitchins, P. [716] K003337255 Yes
Van Rooyen, N. [2282] K003337274 Yes
I.B.P.E. [511] K003337276 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [1284] K003337286 Yes
Burrt Davy, J. [771] K003337281 Yes
[C. M. Rowal] [[106]] K003337288 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000278293 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bradfield, R.D. [244] K003337275 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [2035] K003337287 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1696] K003337270 Yes
Smook, L. [2586] K003337260 Yes
Smook, L. [958] K003337271 Yes
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. [168] K003337278 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2833] K003337277 Yes
Brown, R. [6101] Australia K000278292 Isotype Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [N329] K003337256 No
Davy, J.B. [1709] K003337280 Yes
Crook, A.O. [2056] K003337267 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2809] K003337273 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [17091] K003337282 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [579] K003337284 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [03160] K003337269 Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] K003337268 Yes
Appleton, A.F. [46] K003337266 Yes
Schultz, F. [31] Australia K000278294 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [28] K003337265 Yes
Schultz, F. [662] Australia K000278291 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rogers, F.A. [24913] K003337279 Yes
Germishuizen, G. [2289] K003337257 Yes
Sceppers, J.C.; Scheepers, J.C. [776] K003337285 Yes
Smook, L. [1019] K003337262 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2832] K003337272 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [660] K003337264 Yes
Merxmuller, H. [191] K003337261 Yes
Evans, I.B.P. [1523] K003337263 Yes

Sources

  • 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/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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