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Tetrapogon tenellus

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Identification
Tetrapogon tenellus (Roxb.) Chiov. [family POACEAE ]
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Entry for TETRAPOGON tenellus (K.D. Koenig ex Roxb.) Chiov. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TETRAPOGON tenellus (K.D. Koenig ex Roxb.) Chiov. [family POACEAE], (1908);
Chloris tenella K.D. Koenig ex Roxb. [family POACEAE], (1820). [type as above]
TETRAPOGON macranthus (Jaub. & Spach) Benth. [family POACEAE], (1881).
TETRAPOGON triangulatus Hochst. ex Chiov. var. agowensis [family POACEAE], in Ann. R. Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 171 (1896), nom. nud.
TETRAPOGON triangulatus Hochst. ex Chiov. var. sericatus [family POACEAE], loc .cit., t. 15 (1896).
Information
Annual up to 50 cm high; basal sheaths keeled but scarcely flabellate. Racemes solitary, occasionally paired, exserted or partially enclosed in the slightly inflated uppermost sheath, 2.5–7 cm long. Glumes inconspicuous, 3–5.5(–6.5) mm long; lowest lemma 3.7–5.5 mm long, shortly ciliate on the nerves and keel or subglabrous; awn 4.5–10.5 mm long.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3 tropical Africa, through Arabia to India.
Altitude range
50–1600 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4901; Glover & Gilliland 157; Nugent 39; Beckett 203; Martin 12; Wieland 1234; Kazmi 5078; Rose Innes 672.
Notes
Aiya makarreh, aus cherin, halfo, hol, jeebin (Som.).

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