Ctenium elegans

Ctenium elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Cteniinae
Genus: Ctenium
Species: Ctenium elegans

Name

Ctenium elegans Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 295 (1830).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chloris elegans (Kunth) Roberty, Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 17: 51 (1955), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Campulosus aciculatus Trin., Sp. Gram. 3: t. 301 (1829).
  • Campulosus elegans J.Gay ex Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 93 (1829), pro syn.
  • Ctenium serpentinum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 202 (1854).
  • Campulosus serpentinus (Steud.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 764 (1891).
  • Ctenium elegans var. longispicatum A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 128 (1934).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Central Africa Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo Introduced into: Saudi Arabia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S., 1830. Révis. Gramin. 1: 295.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ctenium elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ctenium elegans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ctenium elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ctenium elegans. Published online. Accessed: August 27 2022.

Vernacular names

bamanankan: Wuluku
Hausa: Wutsiyar ɓera

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