Entry for ARISTIDA adscensionis L. [family POACEAE]
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ARISTIDA adscensionis L. [family POACEAE], (1753).
ARISTIDA caerulescens Desf. [family POACEAE], (1798).
ARISTIDA adscensionis (Poir.) Henrard var. festucoides [family POACEAE], in Meded. Rijks-Herb. 54: 177 (1926).
ARISTIDA adscensionis (Trin. & Rupr.) T. Durand & Schinz var. aethiopica [family POACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 799 (1895);
ARISTIDA aethiopica (Trin. & Rupr.) Chiov. [family POACEAE], (1907). [type as above]
Notes
Bille, birreh, ebateetee, harfo, madweed, tinleh (Som.). An extremely variable species ranging from annual to short-lived perennial; perennial plants were at one time separated as A. caerulescens, but it is now apparent that the distinction is induced by the environment and is not therefore of any taxonomic value.