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Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum

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Identification
Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum (L.) Willd. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper (Kew), 1987 Cynosurus aegyptius L. [family GRAMINEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum
  • Dactyloctenium australe
  • Chloris guineensis
  • Dactyloctenium aegyptium
  • Cynosurus aegyptius
  • Dactyloctenium geminatum

Flora

Entry for Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Linn.) 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
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Linn.) P. Beauv. [family POACEAE], Ess. Agrost. t. 15, f. 2 (1812); A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 129; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 389, 398; De Miré & Gillett in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 730.
Cynosurus aegyptius Linn. [family POACEAE], , Sp. Pl. 72 (1753)
Chloris guineensis Schumach. [family POACEAE], , Beskr. Guin. Pl. 75 (1827)
Dactyloctenium mucronatum (Michx.) Willd. [family POACEAE], (1809)
Dactyloctenium prostratum Willd. [family POACEAE], (1809)—A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 130
Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum Willd. [family POACEAE], (1809)—Chev. Bot. 747
Eleusine aegyptia (Linn.) Roberty [family POACEAE], in Bull. I.F.A.N. 17: 50 (1955).
Information
Loosely tufted or stoloniferous annual, prostrate or ascending, 15–60 cm. high; a weed, often on trampled path-sides.
Habitat
; a weed, often on trampled path-sides.
Range
Throughout the Old World tropics, introduced into America
Distribution
Maur.: Gujaf Rossetti 61/212!Sen.: Roger 11! Dakar (May) Baldwin 5733! Bargny (Aug.) Adam 14926b! Djembering (Sept.) Broadbent 144! Oussouye (Sept.) Broadbent 109!Gam.: Saunders 24! Ruxton 16! Yundum (Aug.) Corbett 7! Frith 127! Genieri (July) Fox 129!Mali: Timbuktu (Aug.)Port. G.: Bolama Rodriguez & Carvalho!Guin.: Kouroussa (July) Pobéguin 477!S. L.: Rokupr (Sept.) Jordan 111! Freetown (Oct.) Deighton 2156! Aberdeen (Nov.) Small 793! Magbile (Dec.) Thomas 5961! Bendurna Deighton 1969!Lib.: Rocktown (Mar.) Baldwin 11638! Zwedru (Aug.) Baldwin 7043! Cape Palmas (June) Baldwin 5967!Iv. C.: Lamto (May) Aké Assi 10602! Divo F.R. (Aug.) Boughey GC 14648! Abidjan (June) Adjanohoun 424a! Grand Bassam (Mar.) Leeuwenberg 3145! Tiebissou (May) Leeuwenberg 4262!U. Volta: Banfora (June) Leeuwenberg 4431! Ouagadougou (July, Sept.) Mordant 349! Scholz 5!Ghana: Navrongo (May) Vigne FH 4547! Tamale (Mar.) Williams 604! K舗bong (Mar.) Johnson 1014! Winneba (Apr.) Morton A1986! Tema (Jan.) Hall 2160!Togo Rep.: Atakpame to Sokode (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 31380! Palime Stage 78!Dah.: Cotonou (Apr.) Chev. 23472!Niger: Toukounous Bartha 7! Agades (Feb.) Bradley 20!N. Nig.: Kworre (Sept.) Palmer 2! Biu (Sept.) Kennedy FHI 8014! Naraguta (July) Lely 416! Nupe Barter 1388! Ilorin (July) Ward 83!S. Nig.: Fashola Thorold! Ibadan (Nov.) Meikle 657! Ijokodo (Sept.) Hambler 392! Lagos I. (Jan.) Killick 88!

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