Poaceae
Hyperthelia

Hyperthelia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) Clayton

First published in Kew Bull. 20: 441 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. 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.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • 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.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 20: 441 (1966).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. 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.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Robyns, W. (1929). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1: 1-229. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & Fonseca, R.M. (2017). Flora de Guerrero 75: 1-153. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • W.D. Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 496 (1972).
  • W.D. Clayton in Kew Bulletin 20: 441 (1966)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 15, 2010 Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5113] Tanzania K000190341 Yes
Galeotti, H. [5697] Mexico K000975017 Type Yes
Morton, J.K. [A 1881] Ghana K002445425 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [63] Kenya K002445681 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6407] Zambia K002445780 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [6374] K002445420 No
Boudet, G. [7322] Mali K002445404 Yes
s.coll. [7386] Mozambique K002445772 Yes
Taylor, H. [1218] Kenya K002445673 Yes
Grant, D.K.S. [879] Kenya K002445694 Yes
Piemeisel, R.L.; Kephart, L.W. [5] Kenya K002445667 Yes
{Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker} [1867] Kenya K002445683 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [850] Zambia K002445784 Yes
Torre, A.R. [7420] Mozambique K002445774 Yes
Dale, I.R. [5] Kenya K002445677 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [554] Zambia K002445781 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [1250] Ghana K002445427 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [3211] Guinea-Bissau K002445406 Yes
s.coll. [140] Burkina Faso K002445421 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5676] Zambia K002445782 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [29378] Mozambique K002445769 Yes
Barbosa, G.; Balsinhas, A. [4945] Mozambique K002445767 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [9343] Mozambique K002445773 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1276] Burkina Faso K002445416 Yes
Adam, J.G. [18625] Senegal K002445401 Yes
Piemeisel, R.L.; Kephart, L.W. [5] Kenya K002445665 Yes
Bunner, W.K. [s.n.] Ghana K002445432 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [22054] Cote d'Ivoire K002445411 Yes
Torre, A.R. [5206] Mozambique K002445770 Yes
Torre, A.R. [6733] Mozambique K002445775 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24864] Kenya K002445670 Yes
Rogeon, J.-.F. [221] Mali K000212178 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25023] Kenya K002445672 Yes
Sandwith, C. [s.n.] Zambia K002445779 Yes
Champion, A.M. [T175] Kenya K002445696 Yes
Berhaut [7078] Senegal K002445402 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Goudiaby, A.; Madsen, J.E.; Sambou, B. [17289] Senegal K002445392 Yes
Koechlin, J. [6979] Burkina Faso K002445417 Yes
McDonald, J. [1267] Kenya K002445691 Yes
Piemeisel, R.L.; Kephart, L.W. [5] Kenya K002445666 Yes
Torre, A.R. [7268] Mozambique K002445776 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0831] Zambia K002445786 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67336] Kenya K002445684 Yes
Adam, J.G. [14.270] Senegal K002445397 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [26] Ghana K002445423 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1005] Kenya K002445678 Yes
Mendonça, F.A. [4330] Mozambique K002445768 Yes
Celarier, R. [A-3046] Kenya K002445675 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [1327] Kenya K002445687 Yes
Hemp, A. [679] Tanzania K001604564 Yes
Vagner, L. [3055] Ghana K002445429 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2172] Benin K001418972 Yes
Adam, J.G. [2141] Senegal K002445400 Yes
Assi, A. [11270] Cote d'Ivoire K002445410 Yes
s.coll. [1971] Kenya K002445676 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25002] Kenya K002445671 Yes
{Mr. Hayes} [514] Gambia, The K002445403 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [1570] Kenya K002445695 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [24943] Mali K000212179 Yes
Lely, H.V. [432] Nigeria K000280148 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bogdon, A. [AB1557] Kenya K002445689 Yes
Jaeger, P. [2.156] Guinea K002445407 Yes
Magogod, F.; Glover, P. [258] Kenya K002445679 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [830] Zambia K002445785 Yes
Adam, J.G. [15095] Burkina Faso K002445419 Yes
Piemeisel, R.L.; Kephart, L.W. [5] Kenya K002445669 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [2801] Ghana K002445424 Yes
McDonald, J. [957] Kenya K002445692 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5649] Zambia K002445783 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [2250] Ghana K002445433 Yes
James, L.E. [s.n.] Kenya K002445698 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A. [15010] Kenya K002445668 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1940] Cote d'Ivoire K002445408 Yes
Trochain, J. [454] Senegal K002445399 Yes
{Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker} [1899] Kenya K002445680 Yes
Koechlin, J. [6944] Burkina Faso K002445418 Yes
Sandwith, C.I. [s.n.] Zambia K002445788 Yes
Fournier, A. [989] Cote d'Ivoire K002445409 Yes
Bogdon, A. [AB2497] Kenya K002445690 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Mipro, H.; Soberé, T. [18310] Burkina Faso K002445414 Yes
Scholz [137 a ] Burkina Faso K001731423 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [3186] Guinea-Bissau K002445405 Yes
Torre, A.R. [5394] Mozambique K002445778 Yes
s.coll. [841] Ghana K002445428 Yes
Laegaard, S. [17131] Senegal K002445394 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [4699] Ghana K002445431 Yes
Vigne, C. [3055] Australia K002445430 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3820] Kenya K002445685 Yes
Torre, A.R. [6430] Mozambique K002445777 Yes
McDonald, J. [854] Kenya K002445693 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC 7154] Ghana K002445426 Yes
Duong [s.n.] Mali K000212181 Yes
Adam, J.-.G. [989] Mali K000212177 Yes
Beal, W.P.B. [49] Ghana K002445422 Yes
{Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker} [2148] Kenya K002445682 Yes
Trochain [654] Senegal K002445398 Yes
Chevalier, A. [17150] Cote d'Ivoire K000280146 Type Yes
Naegelé, A. [BF/84/31] Burkina Faso K002445415 Yes
Smith, C.A. [s.n.] Zambia K002445787 Yes
Williams, G.R. [100] Kenya K002445686 Yes
Napier, E.R. [5816] Kenya K002445674 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2553] Kenya K002445688 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [160A] Nigeria K000280147 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morais, A.R. [24] Mozambique K002445771 Yes
Rossetti, C. [61/292] Mauritania K002445391 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Madsen, J.E.; Traoré, S. [16893] Senegal K002445395 Yes
TuTin, C.E.G. [142] Senegal K002445393 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S. [17828] Senegal K002445396 Yes
Toutain, B. [1696] Cote d'Ivoire K002445412 Yes
Davey, J.T. [6] Mali K000212180 Yes
Schweinfurth [2361] Sudan Hyperthelia macrolepis K000280150 Syntype Yes
Schweinfurth [2411] Sudan Hyperthelia macrolepis K000280149 Type Yes

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