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Taxon:  Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng.



Summary
Genus:
Cymbopogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Anthristiriinae
Nomen number:
12821
Place of publication:
Pl. min. cogn. pug. 2:15. 1815
Verified:
02/09/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
21 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng. subsp. proximus (A. Rich.) Maire & Weiller (0 active accession[s])
Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng. subsp. schoenanthus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
  3. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  4. Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
  5. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 2001. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. First supplementary series (raw materials). New Delhi 2:323.
  6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: mentions
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  8. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  9. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  10. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  11. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  12. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  13. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  15. Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
  16. Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
  17. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  18. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  19. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  20. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
  21. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
English
camel grass –
geranium grass –
French
herbe à chameau –
German
Kamelgras –
Spanish
pasto de camellos –
Swedish
kamelgräs –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaDjibouti  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Environmentalerosion controlin Latin America fide Mansf EncyHanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Materialsessential oils Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.


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