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Andropogon schirensis

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
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Internal ID UUID64402e6b7db34431356863
Scientific name Andropogon schirensis
Authority Hochst.
First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 456 (1850)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Andropogon cognatus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 374 (1854)
Andropogon congoensis Franch. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 325 (1895)
Andropogon dummeri Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 248 (1919)
Andropogon dummeri var. calvus Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 249. 1919
Andropogon golae Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 38 (1914)
Andropogon ravus J.G.Anderson Bothalia 7: 417 (1960)
Andropogon schirensis var. angustifolius Stapf Fl. Cap. 7: 340. 1898
Schizachyrium iringense Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 282 (1917)
Sorghum schirense Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891)
Cymbachne amplectens var. calva (Stapf) Roberty Boissiera 9: 243 (1960)
Cymbachne guineensis subvar. dummeri (Stapf) Roberty Boissiera 9: 243 (1960)
Cymbachne amplectens subvar. schirensis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Roberty Boissiera 9: 244 (1960)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000847430
Tropicos 25506083
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:388514-1
The Plant List kew-393273
Open Tree Of Life 3955548
NCBI Taxonomy 2057634
IPNI 388514-1
iNaturalist 506838
GBIF 4141133
EPPO ANOSH
USDA GRIN 3308

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Emerging environmental contaminants: Sources, effects on biodiversity and humans, remediation, and conservation implications Ojija F Sci Prog 07-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11080753
doi:10.1177/00368504241253720
PMID:38715402
Diverse ecological functions and the convergent evolution of grass awns Petersen KB, Kellogg EA Am J Bot 26-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9828495
doi:10.1002/ajb2.16060
PMID:36048829
Medicinal plants as a fight against murine blood-stage malaria Dkhil MA, Al-Quraishy S, Al-Shaebi EM, Abdel-Gaber R, Thagfan FA, Qasem MA Saudi J Biol Sci 19-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7938113
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.014
PMID:33732056
Gains in Grain Yield: A Pair of Spikelets Makes All the Difference, Even When One Is Sterile Strable J Plant Cell 02-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7610291
doi:10.1105/tpc.20.00667
PMID:32883712
Sterile Spikelets Contribute to Yield in Sorghum and Related Grasses AuBuchon-Elder T, Coneva V, Goad DM, Jenkins LM, Yu Y, Allen DK, Kellogg EA Plant Cell 01-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7610286
doi:10.1105/tpc.20.00424
PMID:32873633
Field data on Vegetation Structure and Effects of Human Use of the Dambos Ecosystem in Northern Mozambique Mbanze AA, Mário AM, Rivaes R, Ribeiro-Barros AI, Ribeiro NS Data Brief 12-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6811917
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104454
PMID:31667226
Breeders’ knowledge on cattle fodder species preference in rangelands of Benin Ouachinou JM, Dassou GH, Azihou AF, Adomou AC, Yédomonhan H J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 08-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6225710
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0264-1
PMID:30409166
Spatial Guilds in the Serengeti Food Web Revealed by a Bayesian Group Model Baskerville EB, Dobson AP, Bedford T, Allesina S, Anderson TM, Pascual M PLoS Comput Biol 29-Dec-2011
PMCID:PMC3248389
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002321
PMID:22219719

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