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Stenotaphrum secundatum

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Identification
Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Stenotaphrum secundatum
Common name
  • gross chiendent (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • buffalo grass (Australia); pimento grass (Jamaica); St Augustine’s grass (USA)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze [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
Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze [family POACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891); F.T.A. 9: 579 (excl. syn.
Stenotaphrum glabrum A. Chev. [family POACEAE], );in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 891
Ischaemum secundatum Walt. [family POACEAE], , Fl. Carol. 249 (1788)
Rottboellia tripsacoides Lam. [family POACEAE], , Tab. Encycl. 1: 205 (1791)
Stenotaphrum glabrum [family POACEAE], of Chev. Bot. 737, not of Trin
Stenotaphrum americanum Schrank [family POACEAE], (1820)—Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 389.
Information
A strongly stoloniferous perennialof seashores, with obtuse leaf tips and compressed basal sheaths.
Habitat
of seashores
Range
The west coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to S. Africa, the east coast of America, the Pacific generally.
Distribution
Sen.: Dakar (Dec.) Clayton 4073!S. L.: Smeathman! Freetown (Dec.) Deighton 465! Yele, Turtle Is. (Nov.) Deighton 2311!Lib.: Monrovia (Jan., Oct., Nov.) Linder 1426! Harley 1670! 1082a! Reppue舗s Town (July) Harley 1082! Garaway (Mar.) Baldwin 11632!Iv. C.: Port Bouet (Mar., Dec.) Raynal 13582! Aké Assi 9858! Grand Bassam (Mar.) Leeuwenberg 3136!Ghana: Half Assinie (Jan., July) Chipp 274! Thorold 294! Axim (Apr.) Thorold 42! Atwabo Fishlock 10! Essiama Boughey GC 10264!S. Nig.: Nun R. (Sept.) Mann 529! Opobo (July) Jeffreys 18!W. Cam.: Victoria (July) Maitland 25!
Distribution (external)
Australia

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