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Taxon:
Eleusine floccifolia
(Forssk.) Spreng.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Eleusine
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
14996
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 1:350. 1824 ("1825")
Verified:
11/29/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cynosurus floccifolius
Forssk.
No images
Reference(s)
Boulos, L.
1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute.
African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Neves, S. S. et al.
2005. Phylogeny of
Eleusine
(Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid
trnT-trnF
sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 35:395-419.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Peterson, P. M. et al.
2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus,
Micrachne
(Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64:445-467.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
this study included one sample of
Eleusine floccifolia
; a combined plastid and ITS sequence data analysis resolved diploid
E. floccifolia
(x=9) is sister to the
E. africana
-
E. tristachya
-
E. indica
-
E. coracana
-
E. kigeziensis
clade
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Common names
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
n.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
n.
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
4
Naturalized
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Somalia
(n.)
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
(n.)
Naturalized
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
Name
References