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Centotheca latifolia

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Name

Identification
Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Gabriel Sanchez-Ken, J., Isotype of Melica diandra Roxb. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Gabriel Sanchez-Ken, J., Centotheca latifolia (Osbeck) Trinius [family POACEAE ] Verified by J. F. Veldkamp,
Related name
  • Holcus latifolius
  • Anthoxanthum pulcherrimum
  • Cenchrus lappaceus
  • Centotheca latifolia
  • Melica diandra
  • Centotheca lappacea

Flora

Entry for Centotheca lappacea (Linn.) Desv. [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
Centotheca lappacea (Linn.) Desv. [family POACEAE], in Nouv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 2: 189 (1810); Chev. Bot. 751, and in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 135; Berhaut, Fl. Sén., ed. 2, 408.
Cenchrus lappaceus Linn. [family POACEAE], , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1488 (1763)
Uniola lappacea (Linn.) Trin. [family POACEAE], (1830). HolcusOsb. (1757)
Centotheca latifolia Trin. [family POACEAE], (1820), illegitimate name.
Information
Annual, 30–90 cm. high; in forest shade.
Habitat
; in forest shade.
Range
Old World tropics
Distribution
Sen.: Forêt de Boudié, Casamance (Nov.) Berhaut 6388!Guin.: Macenta (Oct.) Baldwin 9816!S. L.: Barter! Freetown (Oct.) Deighton 2184! Ronietta (Nov.) Thomas 5474! Njala (Jan.) Dalz. 8421! Rokupr (Nov.) Jordan 680!Lib.: Kle (Dec.) Baldwin 10569! Soplima (Nov.) Baldwin 10115! Ganta (Dec.) Harley 1729! Mecca (Dec.) Baldwin 10818! Gretown (July) Baldwin 6800!Iv. C.: Abidjan (Dec.) Leeuwenberg 2283! Guéyo (Mar.) Leeuwenberg 3809! Yapo (Sept.) Roberty 12035! Adiopodoumé (Oct.) Roberty 15321! Guitry (Dec.) Boughey GC 13521!Ghana: Aburi (Apr.) Brown 323! Oda (Aug.) Howes 967! Tafo (Feb.) Thorold 313! Vane (Dec.) Rose Innes GC 31186! Kade (Oct.) Ankrah GC 20322!N. Nig.: Jemaa (Oct., Nov.) Clayton 1427! Gambles 61! 65! Donga Plain (Feb.) Brunt 1011!S. Nig.: Lagos W. MacGregor 300! Ibadan (Nov.) Ogua FHI 7946! Okomu F.R., Benin (Dec.) Brenan 8395! Sapoba (Nov.) Keay 8 Onochie FHI 21613! Oban Talbot 842!W. Cam.: Victoria (July) Maitland 12!F. Po: (Nov., Dec.) T. Vogel 230!

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