Poaceae
Melinis

Melinis ambigua Hack.

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 462 (1901)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Namibia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

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. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 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.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 50 (1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 80 (1965).
  • Hack. in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 51: 462 (1901).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 48 (1958).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 311 (1934).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 120 (1955).
  • Stapf & C. E. Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 921 (1930).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schimper [800] Ethiopia K000282172 Type Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8445] Zambia K001528855 Yes
Stolz, A. [1299] Tanzania K000282094 Type Yes
Eyles, F. [2276] Zimbabwe K000281602 Holotype Yes
Dekindt [419] Angola K000281604 Isotype Yes
Gossweiler [8925] Angola K000281603 Type Yes
Eyles, F. [1635] Zimbabwe K000281683 Type Yes
Dinter [2394] Namibia K000281609 Type Yes
Jacobsen, E.,, Mrs [26] Tanzania K000282095 Type Yes
Jacobsen, E.,, Mrs [26] Tanzania K000282096 Isotype Yes
Timberlake, J. [5315] Malawi K000614661 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