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Eragrostis gangetica

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Name

Identification
Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Poa gangetica Roxb. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Eragrostis stenophylla
  • Eragrostis flamignii
  • Eragrostis gangetica
  • Eragrostis dakarensis
  • Eragrostis vinicolor
  • Eragrostis pumila
  • Poa ovina
  • Poa cambessediana
  • Poa gangetica
  • Eragrostis cambessediana
  • Poa stenophylla
  • Eragrostis ovina

Flora

Entry for Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2,
Names
Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 266 (1854); Berhaut, Fl. Sén., ed. 2, 409.
Poa gangetica Roxb. [family POACEAE], , Fl. Ind. 1: 340 (1820)
Poa cambessediana Kunth [family POACEAE], , Rev. Gram. 2: 469 (1831)
Poa ovina A. Rich. [family POACEAE], (1851)
Eragrostis cambessediana (Kunth) Steud. [family POACEAE], , Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 269 (1854); F.W.T.A. ed. 1, 2: 515; Chev. Bot. 748
Eragrostis stenophylla Hochst. ex Miq. [family POACEAE], (1851)—Chev. Bot. 750
Eragrostis ovina (A. Rich.) Steud. [family POACEAE], (1854)—A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 121
Eragrostis flamignii De Wild. [family POACEAE], (1919)
Eragrostis vinicolor A. Chev. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 20: 472 (1948), incl. var.A. Chev. l.c. (1948); A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 29: 130
Eragrostis dumasiana A. Chev. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 472 (1948), and in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 29: 132
Eragrostis dakarensis A. Chev. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 470 (1948), and in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 29: 128
Eragrostis pumila A. Chev. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 472 (1948), and in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 29: 130.
Information
Loosely tufted annual, with slender geniculate culms 15–45 cm. high; in weedy places.
Habitat
; in weedy places.
Range
Throughout tropical Africa, and in India
Distribution
Iv. C.: Bouaké (Dec.) Pitot! Divo F.R., Gagnoa (Aug.) Boughey GC 14650! Dabou (Feb.) Chev.! Bériby (Nov.) Oldeman 636!U. Volta: Bobo-Dioulasso to Bonfosa (Jan.) Chev.! Bobo-Dioulasso (May) Chev. 907! Samandeni (Oct.) Kmoch 160! Farakoba (June) Scholz 97!Ghana: Bolgatanga to Navrongo (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 31095! Bawku to Bolgatanga (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 30502! Sunyani to Wenchi (Sept.) Rose Innes GC 30146! Kumasi (June) La-Danso 77! Accra to Weija (Mar.) Rose Innes GC 30559!Togo Rep.: Badou to Atakpame (Sept.) Rose Innes GC 31353!N. Nig.: Katsina (Oct.) Clayton 1370! Maiduguri (Oct.) Johnston N39! Zaria Dist. C. B. Taylor 34! Shendam (Nov.) Clayton 1456! Minna to Zungeru (Jan.) Keay FHI 37319!S. Nig.: Ibadan (Feb.) Brenan & Keay 8950! Idanre (Jan.) Brenan 8744! Lagos (Feb.) W. MacGregor 176! Awka (June) Jones 1787! Opobo Jeffreys 19!W. Cam.: Mamfe (Dec.) Migeod 262! Bambui (Feb.) Cowell G20! Victoria (July) Maitland 13!Maur.: Lake Rkiz (Sept.) Sadio 104! Podor to Boghé (Oct.) Hepper 3673!Sen.: Saint-Louis (Feb.) Berhaut 2838! Sangomar (Dec.) Adam 19950! Wallo Leprieur! Tambacounda (Nov.) Berhaut 2840! Diouloulou (Sept.) Adam 18123!Gam.: Saunders 86!Mali: Timbuktu Hagerup 235! Kabarah (Aug.) Chev. 1326! San (Jan.) Demange 1013! Bamako (Oct.) Adam 15360! Togueré of Saredina (May) Davey 88!Port. G.: Nova Lamego (Oct.) Pereira 3354! Fa (Oct.) Guerra 426! Bedanda (Jan.) Pereira 8 Correia 2777!Guin.: Sériba (Oct.) Adam 19708! Dalaba (Nov.) Chev. 34599! Mamou (Nov.) Chev. 34896! Timbo (Oct.) Pobéguin 1794! Kouroussa (July) Pobéguin 489!S. L.: Musaia (Dec.) Deighton 4454!Lib.: Kailahun (Nov.) Baldwin 10125! Vonjama (Oct.) Baldwin 9862! Ganta (Jan.) Harley 1742! Robertsfield (July) Baldwin 6658! Nimba (Jan.) Adam 20490!
Notes
A rather variable species; panicle typically condensed about the primary branches, but sometimes diffuse with capillary branchlets; in the northern part of our area the spikelets tend to be longer than elsewhere, and the paleas may be only tardily deciduous; a form found on Ironstone pans (E. dumasiana see Lebrun in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 116: 260 (1969)) appears to be a short-lived perennial, but is otherwise identical with plants which are certainly annual; it may be confused with the very similar perennial species E. atrovirens, which has 3 stamens.

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