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Tragus alienus

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Original material of Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult. [family GRAMINEAE]
Isotype of Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult. var. brevispinus Henrard [family POACEAE]
Syntype of Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult. variety brevispinus Henrard [family POACEAE]
Syntype of Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult. variety brevispinus Henrard [family POACEAE]
Syntype of Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult. variety brevispinus Henrard [family POACEAE]
Isotype of Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult. var. brevispinus Henrard [family POACEAE]
Syntype of Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult. variety brevispinus Henrard [family POACEAE]
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Identification
Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Pilger, 1930 Tragus berteronianus Schult. [family GRAMINEAE ] Verified by O. Tovar, 1982 Lappago cylindristachia Not on Sheet [family GRAMINEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
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  • Tragus alienus
  • Lappago cylindristachia
  • Tragus berteronianus

Flora

Entry for TRAGUS berteronianus Schult. [family ]
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
TRAGUS berteronianus Schult. [family ], (1824). Fig. 120.
TRAGUS alienus [family ], auct. non (Spreng.) Schult.
Information
Annual up to 20 cm high. Inflorescence 2–7.5 cm long; racemelets comprising 2 spikelets separated by a short but distinct internode, the upper shorter than the lower, the rhachis not prolonged. Spikelets 2–3 mm long, acute; upper glume 5-nerved, the prickles hooked and with turgid or swollen base.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S2 Africa, south-western Asia, China and America.
Altitude range
200–1550 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally & Melville 16154; Collenette 240; Puccioni & Stefanini 3; Herlocker 433A; Rose Innes 839; Moggi & Bavazzano 324.
Notes
Harfo (Som.).

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