Cymbopogon giganteus

Cymbopogon giganteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Cymbopogon giganteus Chiov., Alc. Gram. Essenz.: 12 (1909).

Basionym
- Andropogon giganteus Hochst., Flora 27: 242 (1844), nom. illeg.
Homotypic
- Cymbopogon caesius subsp. giganteus (Chiov.) Sales, Fl. Zambes. 10(4): 77 (2002).
Heterotypic
- Cymbopogon connatus var. benearmatus Chiov., Gram. Essenze: 14 (1909).
- Cymbopogon giganteus var. inermis Clayton, Kew Bull. 19: 454 (1965).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Benin, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Tropicos.org 2022. Cymbopogon giganteus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 September 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cymbopogon giganteus. Published online. Accessed: September 25 2022.

English: kachi grass

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