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Panicum fluitans

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Name

Identification
Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Panicum fluitans Retz. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Panicum carnosum
  • Panicum beckmanniiforme
  • Digitaria adpressa
  • Paspalidium obtusifolium
  • Panicum geminatum
  • Digitaria affinis
  • Panicum hochstetterianum
  • Paspalidium geminatum
  • Panicum crus-galli
  • Echinochloa stagnina
  • Panicum brizoides
  • Panicum obtusifolium
  • Panicum fluitans
  • Panicum paspaloides

Flora

Entry for Paspalidium geminatum (Forsk.) Stapf [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
Paspalidium geminatum (Forsk.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 583 (1920); A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 891; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 405.
Panicum geminatum Forsk. [family POACEAE], , Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 18 (1775)
Echinochloa geminata (Forsk.) Roberty [family POACEAE], (1955)
Panicum fluitans Retz. [family POACEAE], (1783)—Chev. Bot. 726.
Information
A stoloniferous perennial with stout, rather spongy, culms; damp places.
Habitat
; damp places.
Range
Throughout tropical Africa, extending eastwards to Egypt, Madagascar and India, and westwards to tropical America.
Distribution
Sen.: Cambérène (Oct.) Berhaut 982! Mbao (Aug.) Broadbent 9!Mali: Bourem (Mar.) Chev. 43780! Rharous (Mar.) Chev. 43829! Timbuktu (July) Chev. 1231! Niafounké (Mar.) Davey 79! Toumoura (Jan.) Davey 24!Iv. C.: Abidjan (Nov.) Adjanohoun 395a! Adiopodoumé (May, Oct.) Adjanohoun 399a! Leeuwenberg 4186!Ghana: Korle Lagoon, Accra (Oct.) Ankrah GC 20325! Cape Coast Castle (July) T. Vogel 54! Irvine 5108! Nungua (Apr.) Morton A4170!Niger: Niamey (Oct.) Hagerup 550! Aké Assi 10391! Dosso to Niamey (Feb.) Chev. 43751! Guidimouni (July) P. de Fabrègues 485!N. Nig.: Sokoto (June, Nov.) Dalz. 484! Moiser 143! Kworre (Sept.) Palmer 21! L. Chad (Dec., Mar.) Elliott 160! De Leeuw 1900!S. Nig.: Ilesha (Apr.) Haines 138!

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