Ctenium concinnum

Ctenium concinnum

Ctenium concinnum

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 concinnum

Name

Ctenium concinnum Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 237 (1841).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Campulosus concinnus (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 764 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Ctenium nubicum var. somalense Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 72 (1897).
  • Ctenium somalense (Chiov.) Chiov., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 82 (1919).
  • Ctenium concinnum var. indutum Pilg., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 118 (1924).
  • Ctenium concinnum var. minus Pilg., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 118 (1924).
  • Ctenium minus (Pilg.) Clayton, Kew Bull. 16: 473 (1963).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western INdian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1841. Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. Graminae. 490 pp. Glogaviae BHL Reference page. : 237

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ctenium concinnum 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 concinnum. 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 concinnum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ctenium concinnum. Published online. Accessed: August 27 2022.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Sekelgras
English: Sickle grass

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