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Perotis patens

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Name

Identification
Perotis patens Gand. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Perotis patens
Common name
  • ẹ̀rọ̀ yéwa (Verger) iru ẹgbara (anon.; Ward) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • wútsíyàr kùréégéé (Kennedy) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gééróó susu = early millet (Ll.W) (GHANA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for PEROTIS patens Gand. [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
PEROTIS patens Gand. [family POACEAE], (1920).
PEROTIS indica [family POACEAE], auct. non (L.) Kuntze.
PEROTIS latifolia [family POACEAE], auct. non Ait.
Information
Loosely tufted annual or short-lived perennial up to 60 cm high, the stems tough and wiry; leaves lanceolate to narrowly ovate. Raceme 5–30 cm long, the spikelets dense, ascending or spreading horizontally. Spikelets 1.2–2.7 mm long, rounded at the base and without a definite callus; glumes scaberulous to minutely hispidulous, the midnerve of the upper inconspicuous; awns flexuous, 9–17 mm long. Caryopsis terete.
Range
N1 tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar.
Distribution
SOMALIA Drake-Brockman 430; Lort Phillips s.n.
Notes
Known from Somalia only from the two specimens cited, neither of which gives any indication of locality, but almost certainly from N1.

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