Poaceae
Ctenium

Ctenium concinnum Nees

First published in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 237 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Longhi-Wagner, H.M., Cope, T.A. (2014). The genus Ctenium (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) in Africa. Kew Bulletin 69(9541): 1-30.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.

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, 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Longhi-Wagner, H.M., Cope, T.A. (2014). The genus Ctenium (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) in Africa. Kew Bulletin 69(9541): 1-30.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 24 (1958), pro parte.
  • Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr.: 237 (1841).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 23, 2001 Loveridge, J.P. [1666] Mozambique K000309542 Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2778] Zambia K001636734 Yes
Rabarijaona, R.N. [52] Madagascar K001890553 No
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5246] Tanzania K000190474 Yes
Drege [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000257082 Type Yes
Drege [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000257081 Type Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [4000] Madagascar Ctenium minus K000244750 Type Yes
Riva [525 (1262)] Somalia Ctenium somalense K000257096 Syntype Yes
Riva [180 (1486)] Ethiopia Ctenium somalense K000257097 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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