Poaceae
Sarga

Sarga purpureosericea (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Spangler

First published in Austral. Syst. Bot. 16: 291 (2003)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mali to Eritrea and Tanzania, S. Arabian Peninsula, India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1975 Abdallah, F.C.; Hardy, S.; Bally [10784] Uganda Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511923 Yes
Oche, M.O. [126] Nigeria Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511930 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Wondefrash, M.; Ayana, A.; Simon, F. [9216] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511917 No
Schimper [1551] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280778 Isosyntype Yes
Schimper [1551] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280777 Isosyntype Yes
Pappi, A. [336] Eritrea Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511919 Yes
Quarton-Dillon; Petit [209] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280780 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1033] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280776 Isotype No
Bogdan, A. [2246] Kenya Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511926 Yes
Myers, J.G. [9904] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511914 Yes
Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280779 Unknown Type Material Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3370] Tanzania Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511927 Yes
Eagleton, G. [43] Somalia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511920 Yes
Fotius, G. [934] Chad Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511921 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2406] Tanzania Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511928 Yes
Schimper [1417] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280781 Isotype Yes
Muasya, J.; Muthoka, P.; Mbatha, M. [375] Kenya Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511925 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8667] Ethiopia Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511918 No
Thomas, A.S. [3066] Uganda Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511924 Yes
Magaji, S.O. [192] Nigeria Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511929 Yes
Peers, A.W. [07] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511915 Yes
Broun Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K000280775 Holotype Yes
Berhir, E. [34] Sudan Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511916 Yes
Fotius, G. [2333] Cameroon Sorghum purpureosericeum K000511922 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Woodrow, G.M. [129] India Sorghum deccanense K000245617 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Woodrow, G.M. [129] India Sorghum deccanense K000245844 Syntype Yes
Duthie, J., F. [8538] India Sorghum deccanense K000245619 Type Yes
Duthie, J., F. [10025] India Sorghum deccanense K000245618 Type Yes

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