Melanocenchris abyssinica (R.Br. ex Fresen.) Hochst.

First published in Flora 38: 274 (1855)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Egypt to Somalia and NW. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Friis, I.; et al. [15409] Ethiopia K001513669 Yes
Nov 20, 1987 Schimper, W. [794] Saudi Arabia K000885815 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003439631 Yes
[Behbouch] [8036E] Iran K003439603 Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [15194] India K003439623 Yes
Fischer, S. [127] Saudi Arabia K003439608 Yes
[Aitcheser] [177] India K003439632 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Guarino, L.; Mohammed, N.; Obadi, N. [M8436] Yemen K003439612 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [3244] India K003439626 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [s.n.] Egypt K003439614 Yes
Raizada, M.B. [23790] India K003439620 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [88] India K003439625 Yes
Carter [1994] Sudan K003439679 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4209] Saudi Arabia K003439606 Yes
Pappi, A. [5971] Eritrea K003439693 Yes
Trott, A.C. [128] Saudi Arabia K003439610 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [19554] India K003439621 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [2403] India K003439622 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [4138] Oman K003439604 Yes
Friis, I.; Weber, O.; Abebe, W.; Abubaker Atem; Ermias Getachew [15172] Ethiopia K003439686 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [646] Saudi Arabia K000885817 Unknown Type Material Yes
Duthie, J.F. [5096] India K003439633 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5105] Saudi Arabia K003439607 Yes
Kotschy [239] Ethiopia K003439683 Yes
Burger, W. [2892] Ethiopia K003439688 Yes
Fischer, S. [129] Saudi Arabia K003439609 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Ensermu, K.; Vollesen, K.B. [7611] Ethiopia K003439687 Yes
Santapau, H. [16337] K003439624 Yes
s.coll. [2145] Ethiopia K003439690 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [465] Ethiopia K003439696 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B.; Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan [4769] Somalia K003439699 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10184] Yemen K003439613 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [282] Ethiopia K003439695 Yes
Ash, J. [2512] Ethiopia K003439685 Yes
Gaston, A. [990] Chad K003439678 Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. [214] India K003439630 Yes
Schimper, W. [794] Saudi Arabia K000885816 Type Yes
Bent, J.T. [s.n.] Sudan K003439684 Yes
Steudner [1055] Ethiopia K003439698 Yes
Trott, A.C. [1643] Saudi Arabia K003439605 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K003439691 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1017] Eritrea K003439692 No
[Schaffner] [187] Ethiopia K003439689 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B6878] Eritrea K003439694 Yes
Bourne [5173] India K003439627 Yes
s.coll. [646] K003439634 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1103] Sudan K003439681 Yes
Meinertzhagen [s.n.] Sudan K003439680 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [947] Sudan K003439682 Yes
Baldrati, I. [s.n.] Eritrea K003439697 Yes

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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