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Stipagrostis obtusa

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID644032e66e20e927800459
Scientific name Stipagrostis obtusa
Authority Nees
First published in Linnaea 7: 293 (1832)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Aristida bifida J.Karl Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 86 (1951)
Aristida capensis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 19 (1794)
Aristida obtusa Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. : 175 (1813)
Arthratherum capense Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. : 177 (1841)
Arthratherum obtusum Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. : 179 (1841)
Avena capensis L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 112 (1782)
Chaetaria capensis P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 30 (1812)
Stipa plumosa Sieber ex Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. : 180 (1841)
Stipagrostis capensis Nees Linnaea 7: 291 (1832)
Trisetum muricatum Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 333 (1824)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans fyntwa
Arabic صليلة
Arabic السليان

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
      • Western Sahara
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Namibia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Mauritania
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Kuwait
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000903098
USDA Plants STOB4
Tropicos 25515013
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423913-1
The Plant List kew-445979
Open Tree Of Life 182681
NCBI Taxonomy 348284
IPNI 423913-1
iNaturalist 594826
GBIF 4130430
Freebase /m/0102pt2r
USDA GRIN 35721
Wikipedia Stipagrostis_obtusa

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Natural plant species inventory of hotspot areas in Arabian Peninsula: Southwest Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia Al-Namazi AA, Al-Khulaidi AW, Algarni S, Al-Sagheer NA Saudi J Biol Sci 04-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8176062
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.076
PMID:34121869
Do high soil temperatures on Namibian fairy circle discs explain the absence of vegetation? Vlieghe K, Picker M PLoS One 20-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6527202
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217153
PMID:31107927
Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia Gamoun M, Belgacem AO, Louhaichi M Plant Divers 20-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6224667
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2018.06.004
PMID:30740567
Browse silage as potential feed for captive wild ungulates in southern Africa: A review Mbatha KR, Bakare AG Anim Nutr 06-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC6112349
doi:10.1016/j.aninu.2017.12.003
PMID:30167478
Effects of groundwater abstraction on two keystone tree species in an arid savanna national park Shadwell E, February E PeerJ 25-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5270598
doi:10.7717/peerj.2923
PMID:28149693
Experiments Testing the Causes of Namibian Fairy Circles Tschinkel WR PLoS One 28-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4625006
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140099
PMID:26510015
Effects of open grazing and livestock exclusion on floristic composition and diversity in natural ecosystem of Western Saudi Arabia Al-Rowaily SL, El-Bana MI, Al-Bakre DA, Assaeed AM, Hegazy AK, Ali MB Saudi J Biol Sci 09-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4486470
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.04.012
PMID:26150749
Are Namibian “Fairy Circles” the Consequence of Self-Organizing Spatial Vegetation Patterning? Cramer MD, Barger NN PLoS One 15-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC3744476
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070876
PMID:23976962

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