Poaceae
Tricholaena

Tricholaena monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 909 (1930)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ghana to Togo, Kenya to S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Pakistan. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Réunion, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 33.
  • in F.T.A. 9: 909 (1930)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • de Cordemoy, E.J. (1895). Flore de l'ile de la Réunion: 1-574. Librairie des sciences naturelles Paul Klincksieck, Paris.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 50 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 455 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 81 (1965).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 63 (1958).
  • Stapf & Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 909 (1930).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1987 de Winter, B. [3205] Namibia K000281702 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Braun [1378] Tanzania K000281742 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Welwitsch [7457] Angola K000281700 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Commerson [s.n.] Madagascar K000244615 Isotype Yes
Jul 1, 1929 Morgenstern [1910] Namibia K000281705 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1929 Waibel [135] Namibia K000281704 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1929 Grossarth [1572] Namibia K000281703 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1929 Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [137] Madagascar K000244618 Unknown Type Material Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 157A] South Africa K001611630 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 157A] South Africa K001611631 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 157A] South Africa K001611632 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 157A] South Africa K001611633 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 157A] South Africa K001611634 Yes
s.coll. [B 1254] Botswana K001625322 Yes
Brown, J.W. [344] Ghana K000281752 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch [7297] Angola K000281701 Isosyntype Yes
Krause [113] Ghana K000281753 Unknown Type Material Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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