Poaceae
Schmidtia

Schmidtia pappophoroides Steud. ex J.A.Schmidt

First published in Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins.: 145 (1852)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sahara to Socotra and S. Africa, Pakistan. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Algeria

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 132
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 408.
  • Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. 145 (1852)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 16 (1958).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 529 (1956).
  • J. A. Schmidt, Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins.: 145 (1852).
  • Launert in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 39: 308 (1965).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 15, 2022 Maiato, F.; Chisingui, V..; Camôngua, J. [FM1810] Angola K001614784 Yes
MMC/RCB/B [7962] Botswana K001612065 Yes
s.coll. [B 1217] Botswana K001625335 Yes
s.coll [7588] Botswana K001612068 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B [S.W.A. 1977] Namibia K001625330 Yes
Vorontsova, M.S.; Kimeu, J.M.; Luke, W.R.Q. [808] Kenya K001393130 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [Bot. 205] Botswana Schmidtia bulbosa K001625384 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [Bot. 205] Botswana Schmidtia bulbosa K001625411 Yes
Burchell [2361] Botswana Schmidtia bulbosa K000366596 Type Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [Bot 234] Botswana Schmidtia bulbosa K001625372 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [Bot 234] Botswana Schmidtia bulbosa K001625410 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique Schmidtia bulbosa K000366593 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlechter [11850] South Africa Schmidtia bulbosa K000366600 Type Yes
Rehmann, A. [3401] South Africa Schmidtia bulbosa K000366591 Type Yes
Rehmann, A. [5365] South Africa Schmidtia bulbosa K000366594 Type Yes
Ferreira, A.R. [58] South Africa Schmidtia bulbosa K000366597 Type Yes
Atherstone, W., G. [s.n.] South Africa Schmidtia bulbosa K000366599 Type Yes
Orpen [196] South Africa Schmidtia bulbosa K000366598 Type Yes
McLea [136] South Africa Schmidtia bulbosa K000366595 Type Yes
Buchanan [52] South Africa Schmidtia bulbosa K000366592 Type Yes

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