Herbaria

Family

Gramineae (Poaceae)

subfamily

Panicoideae

Genus

Cenchrus L.

Species

Cenchrus ciliaris L.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.

citation

Mant.Pl. 2:302 (1771)

herbariaSynonyms

Pennisetum ciliare (L.)Link.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm- Nv-Dg-Di-S-Ge)

TANE (Mm- Nn)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (28)

TANE (3)

Habitat

Desert wadis andstony ground

FlFrperiod

December-May

LifeForm

Hemicryptophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Abu rokeiba ابو ركيبه

rigl el ghorab رجل الغراب

EnglishName

Blue buffel grass

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Tropical and SAfrica to India

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

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. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

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