Poaceae
Cymbopogon

Cymbopogon giganteus Chiov.

First published in Alc. Gram. Essenz.: 12 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Botswana, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 871
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 420.
  • F.T.A. 9: 288
  • Gram. da Essenze 12 (1909)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • 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.
  • Robyns, W. (1929). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1: 1-229. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 59 (1958).
  • Chiov., Gram. Essenze: 12 (1909).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 482 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 105 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 11 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 425 (1956).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 33 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 23 (1960).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 148 (1929).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 288 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 18, 2023 s. coll [STVP1017] Ghana K001635510 Yes
Dec 6, 2022 Ashworth, J.; Ndo, J.; Okon, F.; Anya, S. [407] Cameroon K001562174 Yes
Nov 12, 1968 Scholz [44] Burkina Faso K000386156 Yes
Jul 30, 1968 Scholz [44] Burkina Faso K000386155 Yes
Oct 17, 1962 Kmoch [154] Burkina Faso K000386160 Yes
Oct 1, 1962 Rossetti, C. [218] Mali K000386165 Yes
Oct 1, 1962 Rossetti, C. [219] Mali K000386164 Yes
Germain, R.G.A. [6080] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002704422 Yes
Reekmans, M. [3003] Burundi K002704425 Yes
Duong [s.n.] Mali K000386166 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8074] Burundi K002704429 Yes
Hagerup, O.; Olufsen, O. [402] Mali K000386167 Yes
Froment, D. [643] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002704423 Yes
Sihvonen, J. [77] Burkina Faso K000386159 Yes
s.coll. [1046] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002704421 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [6363] Burkina Faso K000386158 Yes
Rossetti [61/282] Mauritania K000280508 Holotype No
Innes, R.R. [31477] Burkina Faso K000386152 Yes
Innes, R.R. [31073] Burkina Faso K000386150 Yes
s.coll. [1715] Burundi K002704426 Yes
Giessler [67] Burkina Faso K000386157 Yes
{Lewalle} [3596] Burundi K002704424 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6282] Burundi K002704428 Yes
Naegele, A. [11] Burkina Faso K000386148 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6282] Burundi K002704427 Yes
Heath, J. [5] Mali K000386163 Yes
Kotschy [250] K000280504 Type Yes
Kotschy [250] K000280505 Type Yes
Innes, R.R. [31534] Burkina Faso K000386151 Yes
Innes, R.R. [31499] Burkina Faso K000386149 Yes

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

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