Stipagrostis uniplumis(Licht.) De Winter

WFO wfo-0000903141 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Stipagrostis uniplumis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2012-08-09 / obs. 15166116
Stipagrostis uniplumis, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126729459
Stipagrostis uniplumis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15166121
Stipagrostis uniplumis, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. d Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126729339
Stipagrostis uniplumis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15166124
Stipagrostis uniplumis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15166119
Stipagrostis uniplumis, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. g Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126729086
Stipagrostis uniplumis, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. h Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126729192

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Stipagrostis uniplumis is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Chad, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Iran, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India, Pakistan AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesCaprivi StripChadDR CongoEgyptEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaMaliMauritaniaNamibiaNigerNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZimbabweAfghanistanIranOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaYemenIndiaPakistan Cape Verde
Native distribution of Stipagrostis uniplumis, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Cape Provinces CPP
Cape Verde CVI
Caprivi Strip CPV
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zimbabwe ZIM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK

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 19 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.

  • Aristida concinna Sond. ex J.A.Schmidt
  • Aristida gracilior var. intermedia Schweick.
  • Aristida papposa Trin. & Rupr.
  • Aristida papposa var. senegalensis Trin. & Rupr.
  • Aristida pogonoptila (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.
  • Aristida pogonoptila subsp. tibestica Maire
  • Aristida tenuirostris Henrard
  • Aristida uniplumis Licht.
  • Aristida uniplumis var. neesii Trin. & Rupr.
  • Aristida uniplumis var. pearsonii Henrard
  • Aristida uniplumis var. uniplumis
  • Arthratherum elatum Boiss. & Buhse
  • Arthratherum pogonoptilum Jaub. & Spach
  • Arthratherum uniplume (Licht.) Nees
  • Stipa prolifera Steud.
  • Stipagrostis papposa (Trin. & Rupr.) De Winter
  • Stipagrostis pogonoptila (Jaub. & Spach) De Winter
  • Stipagrostis pogonoptila subsp. tibestica (Maire) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork
  • Stipagrostis tenuirostris (Henrard) De Winter

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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