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Eragrostis albida

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Eragrostis albida A.S.Hitchc. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Eragrostis albida
  • Eragrostis aegyptiaca

Flora

Entry for Eragrostis aegyptiaca (Willd.) Link [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
Eragrostis aegyptiaca (Willd.) Link [family POACEAE], Hort. Berol. 1: 191 (1827); A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 116; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 409.
Poa aegyptiaca Willd. [family POACEAE], , Hort. Berol.107 (1809)
Poa antennata Del. ex Poir. [family POACEAE], , Encycl.Suppl. 4: 330 (1816), in synon
Poa pilosa var. aegyptiaca (Willd.) Fedtsch. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Pierre Grand 14 (Suppl. 2): 69 (1915)
Eragrostis senegalensis Nees [family POACEAE], in Linnaea 10: Litt. 116 (1836); A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 120
Eragrostis minima Jedw. [family POACEAE], in Bot. Arch. 5: 188 (1924)
Eragrostis albida Hitchc. [family POACEAE], in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 304 (1929); F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 515; A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 116
Eragrostis nigerica A. Chev. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 20: 470 (1948), and in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 20: 126.
Information
A tufted annual up to about 30 cm. high, with slender geniculate culms and pale spikelets.
Distribution
Sen.: St. Louis Leprieur! Matam (Feb.) Berhaut 1441!Mali: Timbuktu (July) Hagerup 160! Gourma (Aug.) Rossetti 59/105! Laougna (Apr.) Davey 585! Macina (May) Lean 10! San (July) Chev. 1093!N. Nig.: Kalkala Gwynn 132! Nguru (Apr.) Tuley 1137! Nupe Barter 321!
Distribution (external)
Egypt
Sudan

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