Herbaria

Family

Sphenocleaceae

subfamily

Genus

Sphenoclea Gaertn.

Species

Sphenochloa zeylanica Gaertn.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Gaertn.

citation

De Fruct.1:113 (1788)

herbariaSynonyms

Sphenoclea pongatum DC.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ol)

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herbariaSubLocality

CAI (Bahariya Oasis)

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (7)

Habitat

Moist ground near spring, Rice fields

FlFrperiod

July- August

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Hashish El Faras-حشيش الفرس

Sabonet El Arabصابون العرب

EnglishName

Chikenspike

herbariaUses

used as soap

GlobalDistribution

Tropical Africa and Tropical Asia, introduced into America

Chorology

Pantropcal

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

Egypt (NE - NOT EVALUATED)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

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

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

Boulos, L. 2002. Sphenocleaceae in Flora of Egypt, vol. 3. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N. and Hosni, H.A. Conservation and threats in M.N. El Hadidi (2000)Flora aegyptiaca vo;.1(1):105-151.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbarium

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

Abdel-Ghani, M. 1988. Sphenocleaceae in M.N.El Hadidi (ed.). Flora of Egypt. Taeckholmia add.ser.3:63-68

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