Herbaria

Family

Gramineae (Poaceae)

subfamily

Panicoideae

Genus

Cenchrus L.

Species

Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.) Morrone

citation

Ann. Bot. (Oxford)106:127 (2010)

herbariaSynonyms

Cenchrus spicatus (L.)Cav.

Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.

Panicum americanum L.

Pennisetum spicatum (L.)Koch

Setaria lutescens (Weigel)F.T.Hubb., nom.superfl.

Setaria glauca (L.) P.Beauv.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ms- Nv-Nn- Ol-Ra- Ge)

TANE (Nv)

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herbariaDetailedLocality

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herbariaCollector

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herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (17)

TANE (13)

Habitat

Weed in cereal fields

FlFrperiod

September-October

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Dokhn دخن

Shaar el far شعر الفار

Deil el Far ديل الفار

Qasab قصب

EnglishName

Cattail millet/ Pearl millet

herbariaUses

grains as food

bread making

Fodder

GlobalDistribution

Benin to S. Tropical Africa, introduced elsewhere

Chorology

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herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Ibrahim, K., Hosni, H. and Peterson, P. 2016. Grasses of Egypt. Smithonian Contributoion to Botany no. 103

Cope, T. 2005. Gramineae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Cope, T. and Hosni, H.1991. A key to Egyptian grasses. Royal Botanic gardens, Kew. 75 pp

Täckholm, V, Täckholm, G. and Drar. 1941. Flora of Egypt. Vol.1:Bull.Fac.Sci. 17: 1-557

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Peterson P.,Hosni H. and Shamso E. 2020. A key to the grasses (Poaceae) of Egypt. Webbia 75(2): 329-353

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