Plant Ecology and Evolution 152(1): 99-105, doi: 10.5091/plecevo.2019.1559
Novitates Gabonenses 91: additions to the grass flora of Gabon
expand article infoMarc S.M. Sosef‡§, Ehoarn Bidault|, Archange Boupoya, Olivier Lachenaud#, Tariq Stévart¤
‡ Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium§ Botanic Gardens Meise, Meise, Belgium| Missouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar Department, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299, United States of America¶ Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET), BP 13554, Libreville, Gabon# Botanic Garden Meise, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium¤ Missouri Botanical Garden, Africa and Madagascar Department, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299, United States of America

Corresponding author: Marc S.M. Sosef ( marc.sosef@meisebotanicgarden.be )

© Marc S.M. Sosef, Ehoarn Bidault, Archange Boupoya, Olivier Lachenaud, Tariq Stévart.
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Citation: Sosef MS.M, Bidault E, Boupoya A, Lachenaud O, Stévart T (2019) Novitates Gabonenses 91: additions to the grass flora of Gabon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152(1): 99-105. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2019.1559
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Abstract

Background – The number of vascular plant species known to occur in Gabon rises quickly due to renewed collecting and inventory activities, often in little-known or previously uncollected areas.

Methods – Herbarium material from BR, BRLU and WAG was studied.

Results – Two genera (Alloteropsis, Entolasia), eleven species and one variety of grasses are recorded from Gabon for the first time (Alloteropsis paniculata, Cenchrus echinatus, Elionurus platypus, Entolasia olivacea, Eragrostis patens, Hyparrhenia diplandra var. mutica, Leersia triandra, Loudetia annua, Oryza longistaminata, Rottboellia purpurascens, Sacciolepis africana and Setaria geminata), while information on two erroneous species reports is provided. This brings the total number of grass species known to occur in Gabon to 190. Finally, new records of four rare species (Elionurus hensii, Guaduella macrostachys, Paratheria prostrata and Puelia schumanniana) are discussed.

Keywords
botany, Central Africa, Gabon, Gramineae, inventory, Poaceae, taxonomy

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