Poaceae
Hyparrhenia
Hyparrhenia smithiana

Hyparrhenia smithiana var. major Clayton

First published in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 2: 57 (1969)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • 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?
Thatcher, D.V. [8529] Nigeria K003160704 No
Townrow, J. [22] Nigeria K003160720 No
Risopoulos [1275] Benin K003160695 No
Oche, M. [MRK 124] Nigeria K003160716 No
Boughey, A.S. [GC18628] Cote d'Ivoire K003160683 No
Hall, J.B. [K36] Nigeria K003160706 No
Oche, M.; Tuley, P. [1669] Nigeria K003160714 No
Thatcher, D.V. [S. 529] Nigeria K003160713 No
Adjanohoun [375A] Cote d'Ivoire K003160678 No
Letouzey, R. [9563] Cameroon K003161489 No
Clayton, D. [DC 616] Nigeria K003160712 No
Thatcher, D.V. [S. 538] Nigeria K003160707 No
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003160700 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI 18281] Nigeria K003160705 No
Freeman, W.E. [S183] Nigeria K003160724 No
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003160699 No
Rose Innes, R. Ghana K000280429 Type No
de Leeuw, P.N. [1780] Nigeria K003160717 No
Koechlin, J. [7308] Cameroon K003161490 Yes
Freeman, W.E. [S179] Nigeria K003160733 No
Dalziel [293] Nigeria K003160711 No
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28083] Nigeria K003160721 No
Blair Rains, A. [232] Nigeria K003160726 No
Freeman, W.E. [S170] Nigeria K003160730 No
Gosline, W.G.; Pollard; Johnston; Nabukeera; Sama; Trinder [280] Cameroon K003161488 Yes
Adjanohoun [288A] Cote d'Ivoire K003160680 No
Adjanohoun; Assi, A. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K003160681 No
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI. 55087] Nigeria K003160718 No
Adjanohoun [282A] Cote d'Ivoire K003160679 No
Gyadu, S.A. [s.n.] Ghana K003160698 No
Dalziel [293] Nigeria K003160710 No
Dalziel, J.M. [s.n.] Nigeria K003160709 No
Blair Rains, A. [222] Nigeria K003160725 No
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003160701 No
Peter, K.; Tuley, P. [62] Nigeria K003160727 No
Freeman, W.E. [S199] Nigeria K003160729 No
Freeman, W.E. [S180] Nigeria K003160732 No
Ankrah, J.O. [20271] Ghana K003160703 No
Thatcher, D.V. [S. 535] Nigeria K003160708 No
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI37683] Nigeria K003160719 No
Jackson, J.K.; Magaji, S.O.; Tuley, P. [2068] Nigeria K003160715 No
s.coll. [B1] Nigeria K003160728 No
Adjanohoun [319A] Cote d'Ivoire K003160684 No
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003160702 No
Adam, J.G. [6672] Cote d'Ivoire K003160682 No
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Togo K003160697 No
Freeman, W.E. [S180] Nigeria K003160731 No
Clayton, D. [DC 567] Nigeria K003160723 No
Clayton, D. [DC387] Ghana K003160696 No
Lowe, J.L. [2531] Nigeria K003160722 No

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 2024. 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 2024. 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