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Ctenium elegans

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Ctenium elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Ctenium
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Ctenium elegans
Kunth, 1829[1][2]
Subspecies
  • Ctenium elegans var. elegans
  • Ctenium elegans var. longispicatus A. Chev., 1934[3]
  • Ctenium elegans var. polystachium Vanderyst, 1921[4]
Synonyms

Campulosus elegans Kuntze

Ctenium elegans is an annual grass species in the genus Ctenium from African savanna areas. It is distributed from Senegal to the Sudan and grows on sandy soils of the South Sahelian and North Sudanian zones.[5]

Uses

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The stems are used as materials for roof thatching and for making households products such as baskets, mats and brooms.[6] Less known for use as grazing fodder.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 93 1829
  2. ^ Kunth Révis. Gramin. 2: 295, t. 59 1830
  3. ^ A. Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14(150): 128 1934
  4. ^ Vanderyst Etude Agrost. Agr. Trop. 74 1921
  5. ^ Thiombiano, Adjima; Schmidt, Marco; Dressler, Stefan; Ouédraogo, Amadé; Hahn, Karen; Zizka, Georg (2012). "Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso". Boissiera. 65: 1–391.
  6. ^ a b Fibres. Brink, M., Achigan-Dako, E.G. Wageningen: PROTA Foundation. 2012. p. 110. ISBN 9789290814818. OCLC 775096293.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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