Poaceae
Ctenium

Ctenium elegans Kunth

First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 295 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Sudan. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Saudi Arabia

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo

Introduced into:

Saudi Arabia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Longhi-Wagner, H.M., Cope, T.A. (2014). The genus Ctenium (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) in Africa. Kew Bulletin 69(9541): 1-30.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Kew Bulletin

  • Bentham, G. (1849). In: J. Hooker, Niger Flora. H. Bailliere, London.
  • Berhaut 1954: 10
  • Berhaut, R. P. (1954). Nouveautés sur les Graminées du Sénégal. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 34: 9 – 12.
  • Chevalier, A. (1934). Etude sur les Prairies de l’Ouest africain. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14 (150): 128.
  • Chiovenda, E. (1897). Contribuzioni alla conoscenza della flora dell’Africa orientale. XVI. Graminaceae somalenses a Dr. D. Riva in expeditione ruspoliana lectae. Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 58 – 78.
  • Chiovenda, E. (1919). Plantae e Catanga a Cl. Dr. H. Bovone lectae. N. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 26: 58 – 85.
  • Clayton, W. D. (1960). Studies in the Gramineae: I. Kew Bull. 14: 239 – 240.
  • Clayton, W. D. (1963). The African species of Ctenium. Studies in the Gramineae IV. Kew Bull. 16: 471 – 475.
  • Clayton, W. D. (1972). Gramineae. In: F. N. Hepper (ed), Flora of West Tropical Africa 3 (2): 349 – 512. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London.
  • Clayton, W. D., Govaerts, R. Harman, K. T., Williamson, H. & Vorontsova, M. (2014). World Checklist of Poaceae. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ accessed 12 Feb 2014.
  • Clayton, W. D., Phillips, S. M. & Renvoize, S. A. (1974). Gramineae. In: R. M. Polhill (ed), Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177 – 449. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London.
  • Cope, T. A. (1999). Cynodonteae. In: G. V. Pope & E. S. Martins (eds), Flora Zambesiaca 10 (2): 204. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • GPWG (Grass Phylogeny Working Group) (2012). New Grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins. New Phytol. 193: 304 – 312.
  • Hackel, E. (1887). Contribuições para o estudo da Flora da Costa occidental d’Africa, Gramineae. Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 228 – 230.
  • Kunth 1830, t. 59: 295
  • Kunth, K. S. (1830). Révision des Graminées 2, t. 59: 295 Librarie-Gide, Paris.
  • Kuntze, C. E. O. (1891). Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 375 – 1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Premier supplement au “Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad Méridional”. Adansonia ser. 2, 15 (3): 381 – 390.
  • Longhi-Wagner, H. M. & Cope, T. A. (2003). Ctenium longiglume (Poaceae), a new species from Africa. Kew Bull. 58: 229 – 231.
  • Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1841). Florae Africae australioris illustrationes monographicae 1. Sumtibus Prausnitzianis, Glogaviae.
  • Panzer, G. W. F. (1813, publ. 1814). Ideen zu einer künftigen Revision der Gattungen der Gräser, 1 – 62. Denkschr. K. Bayer. Akad. Wissensch. 4: 253 – 312.
  • Pilger, R. K. F. (1924). Die afrikanishen Ctenium-Arten des Berliner Herbars. Notizbl. Bot. Garten Berlin 9: 114 – 120.
  • Röpert, D. (ed.) (2000+ [continuously updated]). Digital specimen images at the Herbarium Berolinense”. http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/accessed 13 Feb 2014.
  • Schumacher, C. T. (1827). Berkrivelse af Guineiske planter: som ere fundne af Danske botanikere, isaer af etatsraad Thonning. F. Popp, Kjöbenhavn.
  • Smith, J. G. (1896). A synopsis of the American species of Ctenium. Bot. Gaz. 21(6): 361 – 365.
  • Soreng, R. J., Davidse, G., Peterson, P. M., Zuloaga, F. O., Judziewicz, E. J., Filgueiras, T. S., Morrone, O. & Romaschenko, K. (2013). A world-wide phylogenetic classification of Poaceae (Gramineae). Catalogue of new World Grasses. . Accessed 5 September 2013.
  • Steudel, E. G. (1854). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1. J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart.
  • Thiers, B. [continuously updated]. Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium. http://sweetgum.nybg.org/ih/. Accessed 4 July 2013.
  • Trinius, C. B. (1829). Species Graminum. v. 3. Imp. Academic Imperialis Scientiarum, St. Petersburg.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gay [s.n.] Senegal K000257093 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0