Andropogon schirensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Andropogon schirensis Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 456 (1850).

Homotypic
- Sorghum schirense (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891).
- Cymbachne amplectens subvar. schirensis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 244 (1960).
Heterotypic
- Andropogon cognatus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 374 (1854).
- Andropogon congoensis Franch., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 325 (1895).
- Andropogon schirensis var. angustifolius Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 340 (1898).
- Andropogon golae Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 38 (1914).
- Schizachyrium iringense Pilg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 282 (1917).
- Andropogon dummeri Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 248 (1919).
- Andropogon dummeri var. calvus Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 249 (1919).
- Andropogon ravus J.G.Anderson, Bothalia 7: 417 (1960).
- Cymbachne amplectens var. calva (Stapf) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 243 (1960).
- Cymbachne guineensis subvar. dummeri (Stapf) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 243 (1960).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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