Herbaria

Family

Gramineae (Poaceae)

subfamily

Panicoideae

Genus

Cenchrus L.

Species

Cenchrus ramosissimus Poir.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Poir.

citation

Encycl. 6: 51 (1804)

herbariaSynonyms

Pennisetm divisum (Forssk. ex J. F. Gmel.) Henrard.

Panicum divisum Forssk. ex J. F. Gmel.

Panicum dichotomum (Forssk.)Delile

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm- Dl- Dg-Nv- S- Ra-Rz)

CAIA (Dg)

CAIRC (Dg)

TANE (Mm-Nv)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIRC

CAIA

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (126)

CAIA (6)

CAIRC (6)

TANE (11)

Habitat

Sandy soil

FlFrperiod

All the year

LifeForm

Hemicryptophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

khafoorخافور

Murrat Ghazal مرات غزال

Thumam ثمام

Dah داح

EnglishName

herbariaUses

fodder for camels and goats

GlobalDistribution

N Africa 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

Tackholm, V; Tackholm, G. and Drar, M. 1941.Flora of Egypt.vol.1. Bull.Fac.Sci. no.17

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