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Centotheca urekana

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Name

Identification
Centotheca urekana Guinea [family POACEAE ] Megastachya mucronata (Poir.) P.Beauv. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hubbard, C. E ., Centotheca mucronata Kuntze [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Centotheca urekana
  • Centotheca mucronata
  • Megastachya mucronata

Flora

Entry for Megastachya mucronata (Poir.) P. Beauv. [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
Megastachya mucronata (Poir.) P. Beauv. [family POACEAE], Ess. Agrost. 74, 167 (1812); Aké Assi, Contnb. 2: 277.
Poa mucronata Poir. [family POACEAE], , Encyl. 5: 91 (1804)
Centotheca mucronata (Poir.) O. Ktze. [family POACEAE], , Rev. Gen. Pl. 765 (1891); F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 505
C. owariensis (P. Beauv.) Hack. ex C [family ], .B. Cl. (1896)
Meqastachya owariensis P. Beauv. [family ], , Ess. Agrost. t. 15, fig. 5 (1812)
Eragrostis owariensis (P. Beauv.) Steud. [family POACEAE], (1854)
E. beninensis Steud. [family ], (1840)
E. jardinii Steud. [family ], (1854)
E. palisotii Dur. & Schinz [family ], , Consp. Pl. Afr. 5: 887 (1894)
Leersia disticha Benth. [family POACEAE], (1849)
Centotheca urekana Guinea [family POACEAE], in An. Agric. Terr. Esp. Kolfo Gum. 1947: 142 (1948).
Information
Tufted annual 80–90 cm. high;in forest shade.
Habitat
in forest shade
Range
Tropical Africa generally.
Distribution
S. L.: Mesima (Apr.) Deighton 3696!Iv. C.: Abidjan (June, Dec.) Adjanohoun 407a! Pitot! (Sept.) de Wilde 887!Ghana: Nrima (Jan.) Thorold 296! Atwabo Fishlock 32!S. Nig.: Lagos Dalz. 1136! Okomu F.R., Benin (Jan.) Brenan 8868! Aboh Barter 12! Mamu F.R., Onitsha (Nov.) Keay FHI 22293!W. Cam.: Mamfe (Dec.) Morton K612!F. Po: Ureka (Nov.)

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