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Taxon: Eragrostis aethiopica Chiov.

Genus:

Eragrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Eragrostideae

Subtribe:

Eragrostidinae

Nomen number:

27859

Place of publication:

L. Robecchi-Bricchetti, Somalia & Benadir 726. 1899

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

29-Sep-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa [Transvaal]

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

References:

Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Gugsa, L. & T. Mengiste. 1999. The crossability of Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) trotter with its wild close relatives. Proc. Annual Conf. Crop Science Soc. Ethiopia. 57-60. Note: reports unsuccessful crosses attempts of Eragrostis tef with E. aethiopica
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Check other web resources for Eragrostis aethiopica Chiov. :

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=27859. Accessed 6 July 2024.