Melinis nerviglumis(Franch.) Zizka

WFO wfo-0000879571 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Melinis nerviglumis, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. a Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-30 / obs. 174233034
Melinis nerviglumis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. b Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159176208
Melinis nerviglumis, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. c Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104738606
Melinis nerviglumis, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. d Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79111630
Melinis nerviglumis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64638878
Melinis nerviglumis, photographed by bat (Maria Vorontsova)
fig. f bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0 1.0 / obs. 105607032
Melinis nerviglumis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59247434
Melinis nerviglumis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59108972

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Melinis nerviglumis is native: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaBurundiCape ProvincesCaprivi StripCongoDR CongoEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateGabonKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Melinis nerviglumis, 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
Botswana BOT
Burundi BUR
Cape Provinces CPP
Caprivi Strip CPV
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Gabon GAB
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
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 31 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.

  • Melinis bachmannii Mez
  • Melinis muenzneri Mez
  • Melinis nyassana Mez
  • Melinis setifolia (Stapf) Hack.
  • Melinis villosipes Mez
  • Panicum busseanum Mez
  • Panicum elongatum Mez
  • Panicum gracillimum Mez
  • Rhynchelythrum filifolium (Franch.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelythrum nyassanum (Mez) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelythrum ramosum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelythrum rhodesianum (Rendle) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelythrum setifolium (Stapf) Chiov.
  • Rhynchelythrum stuposum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelytrum filifolium Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelytrum nerviglume (Franch.) Chiov.
  • Rhynchelytrum nyassanum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelytrum ramosum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelytrum rhodesianum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Rhynchelytrum setifolium Chiov.
  • Rhynchelytrum stuposum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
  • Tricholaena busseana (Mez) Peter
  • Tricholaena cheralieri A.Camus
  • Tricholaena congoensis Franch.

and 7 more.

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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