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Echinochloa pyramidalis

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Name

Identification
Panicum quadrifarium Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Panicum kimpakoense
  • Panicum holubii
  • Panicum colonum
  • Panicum pyramidale
  • Panicum crusgalli
  • Echinochloa crus-galli
  • Panicum amplexifolium
  • Panicum cuspidatum
  • Panicum frumentaceum
  • Echinochloa verticillata
  • Panicum pyramidalis
  • Panicum quadrifarium
  • Echinochloa pyramidalis
  • Panicum aeumulans
  • Echinochloa holubii
  • Panicum crus-galli
  • Echinochloa quadrifaria
  • Echinochloa stagnina
  • Panicum spectabile
  • Entolasia olivacea
Common name
  • pónyõ (CG) (MALI ? (Mopti) kussein (Matthes), DOGON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ay (K&A) samamgate (A.Chev.) samangate (K&A) sil (A.Chev.; K&A) télâgor (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • farka teli (A.Chev.) fingui (A.Chev.) (MALI ? (Mopti) kussein (Matthes), SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • jarge ba = big grass (Pirie) nyara ba (Macluskie) nyaro ba (Macluskie) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gallaбari (Bargery) gayanshi (Palmer; JMD) geron tsuntsu (DA) gundam cf. Arabic gandum: wheat (Lamb) gyaushe (ZOG) iwa (Taylor; Lamb) karairayau (Bargery; JMD) kàrànkàбáu (JMD; ZOG) kasha a general term applied to several grass spp. whose grain is collected for food (JMD) roòbaá incl. several tall marsh grasses (JMD; ZOG) shabrai (JMD; ZOG) shamrai (JMD; ZOG) toк̉ari (Bargery; fide JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • burguké (JB; K&A) lingui the grain (A.Chev.) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • didéré (K&A) (SENEGAL, TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kimbaka tioké (A.Chev.) (MALI ? (Mopti) kussein (Matthes), SONINKE-SARAKOLE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • baukarara = bush guinea corn (FRI) kulumodo (A.Chev.) (UPPER VOLTA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • antelope grass (E Africa, Dalziel)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • hu’do wendu (A.Chev.) (MALI ? (Mopti) kussein (Matthes), FULA-PULAAR (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ụkasụ́ (KW; KW&T) (NIGERIA, IJO-IZON (Kolokuma)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • um suf (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC-SHUWA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • égil (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • lingui the grain (A.Chev.) (MALI ? (Mopti) kussein (Matthes), MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kimbaka tioké (A.Chev.; K&A) (SENEGAL, SONINKE-SARAKOLE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ụkásụ́ (KW) (NIGERIA, IZON (Oporoma)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • taagol (J&D) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • hu’du wendu (A.Chev.) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kreb a general term applied to several grass spp. whose grain is collected for food (JMD) zaza (Johnston) (NIGERIA, KANURI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for ECHINOCHLOA pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ECHINOCHLOA pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase [family POACEAE], (1917);
Panicum pyramidale Lam. [family POACEAE], (1791). [type as above]
Panicum crusgalli Chiov. forma aristatum [family POACEAE], in Ann. R. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 63 (1897)
Panicum crusgalli Chiov. f. muticum [family POACEAE], loc. cit. (1897).
Information
Reed-like rhizomatous perennial; stems robust, up to 400 cm high, firm, erect; ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence ovate to narrowly lanceolate with the racemes overlapping or linear with the racemes ± distant, 8–40 cm long; racemes simple or compound, 3–20 cm long. Spikelets narrowly ovate to broadly elliptic, plump, 2.5–3.5(–4) mm long, glabrous to hispid; lower lemma acute to acuminate, rarely with a subulate awn-point up to 3 mm long; upper lemma 2–3 mm long.
Range
S2 tropical and South Africa and Madagascar.
Altitude range
c. 100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Rose Innes 612.

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