Monocymbium ceresiiforme

Monocymbium ceresiiforme

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Monocymbium
Species: Monocymbium ceresiiforme

Name

Monocymbium ceresiiforme (Nees) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 387 (1919)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Andropogon ceresiiformis Nees in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 109 (1841)
  • Hypogynium ceresiiforme (Nees) Roberty in Boissiera 9: 192 (1960)
  • Sorghum ceresiiforme (Nees) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 791 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Andropogon ceresiiformis var. breviaristatus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 399 (1889)
  • Andropogon ceresiiformis var. hirtellus Franch. in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 328 (1895)
  • Andropogon ceresiiformis var. submuticus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 399 (1889)
  • Andropogon gangangalaensis Vanderyst in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 9: 239 (1918), nom. provis.
  • Monocymbium ceresiiforme subvar. hirtulum Chiov. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 74 (1919)
  • Monocymbium nimbanum Jacq.-Fél. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 30: 176 (1950)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical & S. Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), 1919. Flora of Tropical Africa 9:387.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Monocymbium ceresiiforme in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 October 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Monocymbium ceresiiforme. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 October 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Monocymbium ceresiiforme. Published online. Accessed: October 08 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Monocymbium ceresiiforme in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Wildehawegras

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