Hyperthelia dissoluta(Nees ex Steud.) Clayton

WFO wfo-0000875363 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Hyperthelia dissoluta, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. a Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-21 / obs. 189982248
Hyperthelia dissoluta, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126732240
Hyperthelia dissoluta, photographed by bat (Maria Vorontsova)
fig. c bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0 1.0 / obs. 107179442
Hyperthelia dissoluta, photographed by Ryan Donnelly
fig. d Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199365036
Hyperthelia dissoluta, photographed by Ricus Nel
fig. e Ricus Nel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194258820
Hyperthelia dissoluta, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. f Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172151639
Hyperthelia dissoluta, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. g Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61552440
Hyperthelia dissoluta, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. h Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61643930

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Hyperthelia dissoluta is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCaprivi StripCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEswatiniEthiopiaGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Hyperthelia dissoluta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Caprivi Strip CPV
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Andropogon anthesterioides Rupr. ex M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Andropogon luteolus Vanderyst
  • Andropogon macrolepis Hack.
  • Andropogon ruprechtii Hack.
  • Anthistiria dissoluta Nees ex Steud.
  • Cymbopogon ruprechtii (Hack.) Rendle
  • Hyparrhenia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) C.E.Hubb.
  • Hyparrhenia macrolepis (Hack.) Stapf
  • Hyparrhenia ruprechtii (Hack.) E.Fourn.
  • Hyperthelia macrolepis (Hack.) Clayton
  • Sorghum macrolepis (Hack.) Kuntze
  • Sorghum ruprechtii (Hack.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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