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Chasmopodium afzelii

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Name

Identification
Chasmopodium afzelii (Hack.) Stapf. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hubbard,C.E.,
Related name
  • Rottboellia afzelii
  • Ischaemum not on sheet
  • Chasmopodium afzelii
Common name
  • kali from Susu (JMD) (GUINEA, FULA-PULAAR (Guinea)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • marorehe (Saunders) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ngara (?) (FCD) waga (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kamsuvan doki (Saunders) sansari properly Saccharum spontaneum Linn., but applied here as a group term for similar grasses (JMD; ZOG) shìnkááfár dáájiì = wild rice of the bush; applied loosely (auctt.) shìnkááfár tsúntsúú = wild rice of the bird (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • cane grass (Sierra Leone, Cole)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ésisité (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • a-bσbσruni (NWT) ε-thaŋkε applied when the flowering culms have grown up (FCD) a-, an- wo(h), a-wop general terms, applied before the flowering culms have appeared (auctt.) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • fa (FCD) fa-mεsε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KONO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kεn-gras i.e., cane grass (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KRIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ngala (def. ngalei) (auctt.) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • Volta) ŋeloori (pl. -ooje) (K&T) (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kale (NWT) kali (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gala (FCD) kala (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bσmie (NWT) kesiowuli (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, KORANKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • fane-baba (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, VAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kal-la (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, YALUNKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kali (JMD) (GUINEA, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gban-dε (?) (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, BULOM (Sherbro)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Chasmopodium caudatum (Hack.) Stapf [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
Chasmopodium caudatum (Hack.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 76 (1917); A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 854; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 392.
Rottboellia caudata Hack. [family POACEAE], in DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 298 (1889)
Rottboellia afzelii Hack. [family POACEAE], l.c. 300
Rottboellia kerstingii Pilger [family POACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 34: 126 (1904)
Chasmopodium afzelii (Hack.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 77 (1917).
Information
Annualsavannagrass, with a considerable range of variation in both spikelet and vegetative characters.
Habitat
savanna
Range
Extends southward through the Congo to Angola;
Distribution
Guin.: Kindia Jac.-Fél. 180! Timbo (Mar.)S. L.: (Dec.) Sc. Elliot 3938! Bumbuna (Oct.) Thomas 3346! Makump (Oct.) Glanville 59! Rokupr (Nov.) Jordan 691! Kambia (Dec.) Deighton 855!Lib.: Robertsport (Dec.) Baldwin 10888! Vonjama (Oct.) Baldwin 9947!Iv. C.: Vavoua to Séguéla (Jan.) Adjanohoun 238a! Singrobo (Oct.) Adjanohoun 357a! Bouna to Bondoukou (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 31554! Bondoukou (Dec.)U. Volta: Ouaga (Oct.)Ghana: Kpandu (Sept.) Rose Innes GC 30400! Kafeiro, Hohoe Dist. (Nov.) St. Cl.-Thompson 1644! Kintampo to Bamboi (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 30621! Banda (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 31591! Gambaga to Bawku (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 30269!Togo Rep.: Kersting 237!N. Nig.: (Aug.) Lely P499! Vodni Saunders 16! Naraguta F.R. (July) Lawlor 8 Hall FHI 46531! Onyi F.R. (Oct.) Jackson 1!S. Nig.: Lagos (Feb.) W. MacGregor 168! Ago-Are F.R. (Nov.) Keay FHI 37691! Ogoja Prov. Rosevear 6/30a!
Distribution (external)
Sudan

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