Ctenium elegans

Ctenium elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Ctenium
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Ctenium elegans; Kunth, 1829[1][2]
Subspecies
	Ctenium elegans var. elegans; Ctenium elegans var. longispicatus A. Chev., 1934[3]; Ctenium elegans var. polystachium Vanderyst, 1921[4];
Synonyms
	Campulosus elegans Kuntze

Ctenium elegans is an annual grass species in the genus Ctenium from African savanna areas. It is distributed from Senegal to the Sudan and grows on sandy soils of the South Sahelian and North Sudanian zones.^[5]

References

↑ Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 93 1829
↑ Kunth Révis. Gramin. 2: 295, t. 59 1830
↑ A. Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14(150): 128 1934
↑ Vanderyst Etude Agrost. Agr. Trop. 74 1921
↑ Thiombiano, Adjima; Schmidt, Marco; Dressler, Stefan; Ouédraogo, Amadé; Hahn, Karen; Zizka, Georg (2012). "Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso". Boissiera. 65: 1–391.

External links

Ctenium elegans in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
Herbarium Specimen at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (through jstor)

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[1] Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 93 1829

[2] Kunth Révis. Gramin. 2: 295, t. 59 1830

[3] A. Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14(150): 128 1934

[4] Vanderyst Etude Agrost. Agr. Trop. 74 1921

[Thiombiano_et_al_2012-5] Thiombiano, Adjima; Schmidt, Marco; Dressler, Stefan; Ouédraogo, Amadé; Hahn, Karen; Zizka, Georg (2012). "Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso". Boissiera. 65: 1–391.