Poaceae
Saccharum
Saccharum spontaneum

Saccharum spontaneum subsp. aegyptiacum (Willd.) Hack.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 115 (1889)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Sicilia, Africa to Syria. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda

Introduced into:

Italy, Mauritius, Réunion, Sardegna

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.8.48621. epublication.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Hack. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 115 (1889)

Kew Plants for Health

  • "SEPASAL database. (RBG Kew, 1999)"

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [2206] Ethiopia K002929746 Yes
Jackson, G. [1332] Malawi K002929801 No
Steudner [1105] Ethiopia K002929744 Yes
Damanakis, M. [1550] K002925617 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [JESS/86/87] Somalia K002929750 Yes
Pappi, A. [54] Eritrea K002929743 Yes
Damanakis, M. [6740] K002925615 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002925614 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7297] Sudan K002929736 Yes
Soderstrom, T. [1456] Tunisia K002928713 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002929745 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1560] Ethiopia K002929739 Yes
Soderstrom, T. [1456] Tunisia K002928712 Yes
[Schmpe]; [Aby Frinia] [18] Ethiopia K002929747 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K002929734 Yes
Sieber [s.n.] Egypt K000244601 Unknown Type Material Yes
Damanakis, M. [6740] K002925616 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1113] Egypt K000244600 Unknown Type Material Yes
Broun, A.F. (Mr); Broun, A.F. (Mrs) [782] Sudan K002929735 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7343] Ethiopia K002929738 Yes
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002929740 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1606] Ethiopia K002929741 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1606] Ethiopia K002929742 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [498] Ethiopia K002929737 Yes
Jackson, G. [1332] Malawi K001737680 Yes
Köie, M. [2159] Afghanistan K000943389 Type Yes
Bavazzano, R. [s.n.] Somalia K002929749 Yes
Jackson, G. [1332] Malawi K002929800 Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925775 Yes
Davis, P.H. [7188] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925792 No
Bounougou, Ed. [68] Cameroon Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929716 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [s.n.] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925780 Yes
Fotius, G. [2171] Cameroon Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929714 Yes
Gaillardot [s.n.] Syria Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925773 Yes
Moreau, R.E.; Simpson, N.D. [5625] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925789 Yes
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [3016] West Bank Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925772 Yes
Deflers, M. [147] Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925771 Yes
[M. Borie] [273] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925777 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929718 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [s.n.] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925783 Yes
Davis, P.H. [7885] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925791 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925786 Yes
Hall, T.K. [s.n.] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925781 Yes
[M. Carson] [s.n.] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925779 Yes
Kaiser, A. [s.n.] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925790 Yes
Bromfield [30] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925785 Yes
Gemeon, A. [1378] Cyprus Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925768 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925769 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925770 Yes
Innes, R.R. [32651] Ghana Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929702 Yes
Wyatt, C.H. [s.n.] Tunisia Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002928714 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1573] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925782 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6698] Cameroon Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929717 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12456] Cameroon Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929715 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI34419] Cameroon Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929712 No
Hooker, J.D.; Hanbury, D. [s.n.] Syria Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925774 Yes
Muschler [s.n.] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925788 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925787 Yes
s.coll. [30] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925778 Yes
Raynal, A.; Raynal, J. [3210] Cameroon Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929713 Yes
Gillet [[A657]] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002929711 Yes
Cope, T.A.; Boulos, L. [s.n.] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925776 Yes
Davis, P.H. [7283] Egypt Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum K002925784 Yes
Labillardière [s.n.] Algeria Saccharum aegyptiacum K002928710 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Algeria Saccharum aegyptiacum K002928711 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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