Herbaria

Family

Gramineae (Poaceae)

subfamily

Chloridoideae

Genus

Chloris Sw.

Species

Chloris flagellifera (Nees) P.M.Peterson

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(Nees)P.M.Peterson

citation

Taxon 64 (3): 458 (2015)

herbariaSynonyms

Ochthochloa compressa (Forssk.)Hilu

Panicum compressum Forssk.

Eleusine compressa (Forssk.)Asch.& Schweinf.ex C.Chr.

Eleusine flagellifera Nees

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (1)

Habitat

Sandy and rocky slopes

FlFrperiod

March-September

LifeForm

Hemicryptophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Hamra حمره

EnglishName

Wire grass/

herbariaUses

Goose grass

GlobalDistribution

N Africa to NW 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

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

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

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