Enteropogon prieurii (Kunth) Clayton

First published in Kew Bull. 37: 419 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa to NW. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, India, Madeira, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen

Introduced into:

Alabama, Madagascar, North Carolina

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

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.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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., 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • 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.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Vorontsova, M.S., Nanjarisoa, P.O. & Besnard, G. (2014). Three new grass records for Madagascar. Candollea 69: 85-87.

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., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Vorontsova, M.S., Nanjarisoa, P.O. & Besnard, G. (2014). Three new grass records for Madagascar. Candollea 69: 85-87.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [17049] Senegal K003420968 Yes
Bent, J.T. [s.n.] Sudan K003421060 Yes
Schweinfurth, C. (Dr) [1008] K003421061 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [16995] Senegal K003420969 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [17061] Senegal K003420971 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [76] Sudan K003421053 Yes
Khalid [55] Sudan K003421072 Yes
Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [5759] Sudan K003421064 Yes
Blair, I.J. [140] Sudan K003421073 Yes
Terry, P.J. [3093] Gambia, The K003420974 Yes
Majo, R., D. [s.n.] Senegal K000365082 Type Yes
Blair, I.J. [134] Sudan K003421074 Yes
Eden Foundation [61] Niger K003420996 Yes
s.coll. [2396] Mali K003420980 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1027] Eritrea K003421046 No
Perrotet [924] Senegal K003420966 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [4724] Namibia K003421355 Yes
s.coll. [RIM/226] Mauritania K003420959 Yes
s.coll. [16817] Senegal K003420967 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [99] Mali K003420976 Yes
Pettet, A. [s.n.] Sudan K003421066 Yes
Pettet, A. [s.n.] Sudan K003421069 Yes
Davey, J.T. [86] Sudan K003420985 Yes
Chevalier [[53795]] Senegal K003420973 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [279] Nigeria K003420998 Yes
Pfund (Dr) [s.n.] Sudan K003421063 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4299] Ghana K003420963 No
Wiltshire, T. [10] Sudan K003421050 No
Hepper, F.N. [3636] Senegal K003420964 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003421070 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [3023] Ghana K003420961 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003421059 Yes
Maxwell Darling, R.C. [s.n.] Sudan K003421054 Yes
Rossetti, C. [110] Sudan K003420987 Yes
Davey, J.T. [53] Sudan K003420983 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [813] Sudan K003421071 Yes
Wiltshire, T. [11] Sudan K003421056 Yes
[Albert Lodereg] [42581] Sudan K003420981 No
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [4724] Namibia K003421356 Yes
Saadou, M. [546] Niger K003420995 Yes
Lean, O.B. [75] Niger K003420986 Yes
Anne, F. [P220] Burkina Faso K003420990 Yes
s.coll. [3062] Sudan K003421052 Yes
Pettet, A. [s.n.] Sudan K003421065 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [724] Namibia K003421357 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [98] K003420955 Yes
Meinertzhagen [s.n.] Sudan K003421062 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4239] Ghana K003420993 Yes
s.coll. [3087] Sudan K003421051 Yes
Halwagy, R. [106] Sudan K003421047 Yes
De Leeuw, P.N.D. [1150] Nigeria K003420997 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [573] Ghana K003420962 Yes
Golding, F. [20] Nigeria K003420999 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Madsen, J.E.; Traoré, S.A. [16854] Senegal K003420970 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [1323] Sudan K003420984 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A29] Sudan K003421048 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [24958] Sudan K003420982 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3605] Ghana K003420994 Yes
Gwynn, A.M. [127] Nigeria K003421000 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [44432] Cabo Verde K003420956 Yes
Assi, A. [s.n.] Mali K003420977 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Senegal K003420965 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Portugal K003420957 Yes
Chevalier, A. [44423] Cabo Verde K003420954 Yes
Pfund, J. [597] Sudan K003421049 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [100] Mali K003420978 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Sobere, T. [17863] Senegal K003420972 Yes
Malato-Beliz; Guerra, J.A. [36] Cabo Verde K003420953 Yes
Lowe, R.T.; Gilert, E. [s.n.] Cabo Verde K003420958 Yes
Arvidsson, I. [55] Mauritania K003420960 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2336] Sudan K003421067 Yes
[M. Shues] [s.n.] Gambia, The K003420975 Yes
Ritchie, W.B. [3] Sudan K003421068 Yes
Kotschy [23] Sudan Chloris prieurii K000365087 Isotype Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • 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