Cenchrus ciliaris L.

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Admin prov Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
80537012 Feb 2012AM Isaiah
T Komi
AM Isaiah
T Komi
s.n.
GAB

Botswana National Botanic Garden, Gaberone0Botswana2425D2 SE985Cited in Grasses in the Botswana National Botanic Garden, Isaiah, A.M. & Komi, T. (2015).-24.66726025.9449705
20616231 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1336
MA Hyde
MSM Sosef
BR

Colonists on dam wallOn (sloping) wall of upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo22,81
4
0Zimbabwe2028B1 PH694659W1400-20.19993028.6209706
20380028 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
MA Hyde
In damp areas close to small streamBy rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge9
4
0Zimbabwe2129C3 QF293771S5900
53742426 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1329
MSM Sosef
WAG

BR

Dry riverbed in full sun, rocky soil Along road from Shashe Wilderness Camp to National Parks compound, Tuli9
4
0Zimbabwe2129C3 QF264740S5806
93312021 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1376
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Omega III, in omuramba.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 10311 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, rhizomatous, 1 m high grass. Leaves coarse to the touch, ovate, tapering to a fine point, curling when dry. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, straw coloured. Occasional, in full sun, on termite mound.-17.84972022.9069405
1136100 2001Licuati Forest Reserve2270Mozambique2632A4 M60Listed in SABONET News 7(1), 2001 23-29 Provisional Plant Checklist of the Licuati Forest Reserve.2
16650017 Feb 1990MA Hyde
On an anthillBy Marimba Rd10Zimbabwe1730D4 TR802227C0Large colony of plants0
94317018 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
351
WIND

Caprivi: Inkasa Island: malapo on banks of Linyandi River.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C3 0Graminoid; Notes: Bushy-perennial grass, up to 50 cm when in flower. Culms basally pronounced geniculate to ascending, rooting from prostrate lower nodes, straw-coloured to pale green, internodes short, terete, glabrous, nodes gibbose, red-brown-banded. Leaf blade lanceolate, expanded, 100 x 7 mm, blue-green, abaxially white-ribbed, margin white, thickened tapering to delicate apex, base auriculate, glabrous. Ligule fringed with short white hairs, continuous and longer on collar. Leaf sheath yellowish, 5 cm long, deeply canaliculate, loosely circumculmate, keeled, glabrous, persistent and fibrous. Inflorescence a spicate raceme, narrowly ovate to elongate in outline, 60 - 100 x 15 mm, initially enclosed by upper leaf. Spikelets stalked, arranged or verticillate, dense, ellipsoid, surrounded by dense clusters of purplish bristles (sinuate, 1 - 1.5 cm long, fine, glabrous or setulose), 3 - 4.5 mm long, awnless.-17.87500024.1250004
94607027 Dec 1958DJB Killick
OA Leistner
DJB Killick
OA Leistner
3142
WIND

Caprivi: Linyandi Area. About 50 miles from Katima on road to Linyandi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 914Graminoid; Notes: Locally common in Acacia giraffae savannah. Erect culms, 1 feet.-17.87500024.6250004
81261017 Aug 1951W Siame
W Siame
8
Secondary Brachystegia woodlandMbale District; Mbala. 0Zambia NN16760

Total records found: 10



Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Records of: Cenchrus ciliaris.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=107920, retrieved 29 March 2024

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