Poaceae
Setaria

Setaria kagerensis Mez

First published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 58 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to DR Congo and Tanzania, Angola. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Zambia

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. (2019). Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 2. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152: 554-560.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. (2019). Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 2. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152: 554-560.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 41 (1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 86 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 42 (1947).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 54 (1960).
  • Mez in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 7: 58 (1917).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 286 (1934).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 118 (1955).
  • Stapf & C. E. Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 852 (1930).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1977 Speke; Grant [400] Tanzania K000281858 Holotype Yes
Dümmer, R. [3099] Uganda K000281857 Holotype Yes
Stuhlmann [1946] Tanzania K000281859 Unknown Type Material Yes
Descamps Setaria seriata K000281918 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jones, A.P.D.; Onochie, C.F. [FHI18878] Nigeria Setaria seriata K000281952 Holotype 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

  • 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