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Ichnanthus vicinus

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Identification
Ichnanthus vicinus (F.M.Bailey) Merr. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Michael Thomas Stieber, Isotype of Panicum vicinum F.M.Bailey [family POACEAE ] Verified by Michael Thomas Stieber,
Related name
  • Ichnanthus vicinus
  • Panicum vicinum
Common name
  • kalεxσnε (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • aj˚e (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Ichnanthus vicinus (Bail.) Merr. [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
Ichnanthus vicinus (Bail.) Merr. [family POACEAE], Enum. Phillip. Fl. Pl. 1: 70 (1923).
Panicum vicinum Bail. [family POACEAE], , Syn. Queensl. Fl. Suppl. 3: 82 (1890)
Ichnanthus pallens [family POACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 554, of F.T.A. 9: 744, and of A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 27, not of Munro.
Information
Perennial, up to 60 cm. high, rooting at the lower nodes.
Range
, throughout tropical Asia,
Distribution
S. L.: Tingi Mts. (Dec.) Morton & Gledhill SL 3013!Lib.: Nimba (Dec.)
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
Australia
Notes
[Closely allied to I. pallens (Sw.) Munro from tropical America, which has shorter spikelets, and a more compact panicle].

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