Poaceae

Loudetia Hochst. ex Steud.

First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 238 (1854), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, S. Arabian Peninsula, Bolivia to Brazil and Paraguay.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Myanmar

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Br. in Flora 24: 713 (1841), nom. superfl.
  • C. E. Hubbard in Kew Bull. 1936: 319
  • Clayton in Kew Bull. 21: 122 (1967).
  • Conert in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 77: 247 (1957)
  • F.T.A. 10: 12 (1937)
  • Phipps in Kirkia 4: 98 (1964)
  • Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 238 (1854)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 238 (1854) nom. conserv.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Braun in Flora 24: 713 (1841), nom. illegit.
  • Conert in E.J. 77: 247 (1957)
  • Hubbard in K.B. 1936; 319 (1936)
  • Phipps in Kirkia 4: 98 (1964)
  • Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 238 (1854)
  • in F.T.A. 10: 12 (1937)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [1905] Cameroon K000746269 No
Nov 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [708] Cameroon K000746261 No
Osborne, J.; Banze, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Maoji, S.O. (guide) [JO1717] Mozambique K001346957 No
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6066] Tanzania K000468359 No
Timberlake, J. [5325] Malawi K000614671 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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

  • 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