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Taxon: Eragrostis capensis (Thunb.) Trin.

Genus:

Eragrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Eragrostideae

Subtribe:

Eragrostidinae

Nomen number:

27879

Place of publication:

Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1(4):400. 1830

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

28-Apr-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

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

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Basionym: Briza capensis Thunb.

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Thailand

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
Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Check other web resources for Eragrostis capensis (Thunb.) Trin. :

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=27879. Accessed 5 July 2024.