Herbaria

Family

Gramineae (Poaceae)

subfamily

Panicoideae

Genus

Cenchrus L.

Species

Cenchrus orientalis (Rich.)Morrone

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(Rich.)Morrone

citation

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 128 (2010)

herbariaSynonyms

Pennisetum orientale Rich.

Panicum orientale Rich. ex Pers.

Panicum sinaicum Decne.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (S)

herbariaSubLocality

CAI (Catherine area)

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (4)

Habitat

Rocky desert

FlFrperiod

April-June

LifeForm

Hemicryptophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Nessie نصي

Sabat سبط

Safsof سفسوف

EnglishName

Oriental fountin grass

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

N Africa to India and S Asia

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

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt