Poaceae
Koeleria

Koeleria capensis (Thunb.) Nees

First published in Linnaea 7: 321 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Launert, E. (1971). Flora Zambesiaca 10(1): 1-152. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Linnaea 7: 321 (1832).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Launert, E. (1971). Flora Zambesiaca 10(1): 1-152. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Nees in Linnaea 7: 321 (1832).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1963 Boughey, A.S. [12672] Cameroon K000181983 Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Morton, J.K. [6895] Cameroon K000181989 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Boughey, A.S. [12644] Cameroon K000181987 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Morton, J.K. [K 1002] Cameroon K000181982 Yes
Ecklon, U.J. [945] South Africa K000345050 Unknown Type Material Yes
Breteler, F.J. [68] Cameroon K000181991 Yes
Volkens, G. [1351] Tanzania K000345066 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [28617] Cameroon K000181988 Yes
Thaarer, A. [1122] Tanzania K000345067 Type Yes
Zeyher [4586] South Africa K000345057 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buchanan, J. [991] K000345064 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johnston, H., H. [64] K000345062 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buchanan, J. [s.n.] South Africa K000345061 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harvey [147] South Africa K000345051 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1297] Cameroon K000181984 Yes
Zeyher [4594] South Africa K000345060 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W., J. [119] South Africa K000345047 Unknown Type Material Yes
Linder, D.H. [3452] Cameroon K000181995 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345052 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [689] Ethiopia K000345068 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cooper, T. [914] South Africa K000345053 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W., J. [4246] South Africa K000345046 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [671] Ethiopia K000345069 Unknown Type Material Yes
South Africa K000345056 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345055 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] K000345063 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zeyher [2583] South Africa K000345049 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lehmann [s.n.] South Africa K000345054 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bolus, H. [710] South Africa K000345059 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [s.n.] Ethiopia K000345070 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buchanan, J. [989] K000345065 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345058 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345048 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • 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

    • 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 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