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Ctenium elegans

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Name

Identification
Ctenium elegans Kunth [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Ctenium serpentinum
  • Ctenium newtonii
  • Ctenium elegans
  • Chondrosium not on sheet
  • Campulosus aciculatus
  • Campulosus elegans
  • Ctenium schweinfurthii
  • Chloris petraea
  • Cynosurus paspaloides
  • Eustachys not on sheet
  • Atheropogon not on sheet
  • Eustachys petraea
Common name
  • dikãndapali (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ε-nókolч̀mb perhaps this sp. (FG&G) (GUINEA, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • lab a koy (JB) yagon (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • sàmu sáána (CG) (MALI, DOGON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bat kàaréy (pl. -á) = box of the white amulet (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • wε̃ẹ̃wẹ (pl. íiw-) (RB) (NIGERIA, KAMBARI-SALKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • sinakaho (JMD) wicco dombru (JMD) wicco pallandi (JMD) wicco wanduho (JMD) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • chinaka (Bartha) (NIGER, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • wolo kaman (JMD) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • rev (JB) rov (JB) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • uluku (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • undáte (JDES; EPdS) (GUINEA-BISSAU, PEPEL), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • shinaka (auctt.) wútsíyàr бééráá = mouse’s tail (JMD; ZOG) wútsíyàr bírì = monkey’s tail (JMD; ZOG) wútsíyàr kádangare = house-lizard’s tail (JMD; ZOG) wútsíyàr kúúsùù = mouse’s tail (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Ctenium elegans Kunth [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
Ctenium elegans Kunth [family POACEAE], Rev. Gram. 1: 295 (1830); Pilger in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 9: 115; A. Chev. in Rev Bot. Appliq. 14: 128 (incl. var. longispicatum); Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 390.
Chloris elegans (Kunth) Roberty [family POACEAE], in Bull. I.F.A.N. sér. A, 17: 51 (1955), not of Kunth (1816)
Ctenium serpentinum Steud. [family POACEAE], , Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 202 (1854).
Information
Up to about 120 cm. high, with aromatic leaves; on dry sandy soils.
Habitat
; on dry sandy soils.
Distribution
Sen.: Heudelot 143! Kaolack (Nov.) Chev. 28453!Gam.: (July) Brooks 9! Saunders 79!Mali: Koréra (Nov.)Port. G.: Pirada, Gabu (Nov.) Esp. Santo 3156!U. Volta: Samandeni (Nov.)Ghana: Beal 16! Tamale (Dec.) Williams 462! Nakpanduri to Bunkpurugu (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 30746! Navrongo to Naga (Nov.) Rose Innes GC 32525! Nakpanduri to Gambaga (Nov.) Rose Innes GC 32513!Niger: Niamey (Oct.) Hagerup 480! 21 miles N. of Zinder (Nov.) Money-Kyrle Fe 18! Wadi Dollol White 27! Toukounous Bartha 65!N. Nig.: Zaria (Nov.) Dandaura FHI 7001! Sokoto (Sept.) Dalz. 505! Katsina (Oct.) Clayton 1342! Katagum Dalz. 247! Maiduguri (Oct.) Johnston W32!
Distribution (external)
Sudan

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