Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Libya, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, West Himalaya, Yemen
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Eleusine flagellifera Nees in Linnaea 16: 220 (1842)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cynosurus ternatus Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 21 (1775)
- Eleusine arabica Hochst. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 211 (1854), pro syn.
- Eleusine caespitosa A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 412 (1850)
- Eleusine compressa (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. ex C.Chr. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(3): 12 (1922)
- Eleusine stolonifera R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App. 4: lxiii (1814), nom. nud.
- Ochthochloa compressa (Forssk.) Hilu in Kew Bull. 36: 560 (1981)
- Ochthochloa dactyloides Edgew. in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 11: 27 (1842)
- Panicum compressum Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 18 (1775)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- 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.
- Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
- 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.
- Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
- Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
- 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.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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s.coll. [146], Sicilia | Panicum compressum | K000674307 | Yes | ||
Dec 1, 1964 | Royle, J.F. [s.n.], India | Ochthochloa compressa | K000245059 | Yes | |
Bove, N. [1] | Ochthochloa compressa | K000315582 | Yes | ||
Schimper, W. [800], Saudi Arabia | Ochthochloa compressa | K000907144 | Yes | ||
Schimper, W. [800], Saudi Arabia | Ochthochloa compressa | K000907153 | Yes | ||
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [5469], Saudi Arabia | Ochthochloa compressa | K000907146 | Yes | ||
Schimper, W. [800], Saudi Arabia | Ochthochloa compressa | K000907145 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0