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Tetrapogon
''Tetrapogon'' is a genus of grasses. The name ''Tetrapogon'' derives from the Greek roots ''tetra-'' and ''pogon'', meaning "four" and "beard", respectively, in reference to the tufts of hairs on the plant. The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India. ; Species * ''Tetrapogon bidentatus'' Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya * '' Tetrapogon cenchriformis'' (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania * ''Tetrapogon ferrugineus'' (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia * '' Tetrapogon tenellus'' Chiov. - India * ''Tetrapogon tetrastachys'' Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga * ''Tetrapogon villosus'' Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda ; formerly included see ''Chloris'' * ''Tetrapogon flabellatus - Chloris flabellata'' * ''Tetrapogon mossambicensis - Chloris mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetrapogon Villosus
''Tetrapogon'' is a genus of grasses. The name ''Tetrapogon'' derives from the Greek roots ''tetra-'' and ''pogon'', meaning "four" and "beard", respectively, in reference to the tufts of hairs on the plant. The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India. ; Species * ''Tetrapogon bidentatus'' Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya * ''Tetrapogon cenchriformis'' (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania * '' Tetrapogon ferrugineus'' (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia * ''Tetrapogon tenellus'' Chiov. - India * '' Tetrapogon tetrastachys'' Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga * '' Tetrapogon villosus'' Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda ; formerly included see ''Chloris In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetrapogon Bidentatus
''Tetrapogon'' is a genus of grasses. The name ''Tetrapogon'' derives from the Greek roots ''tetra-'' and ''pogon'', meaning "four" and "beard", respectively, in reference to the tufts of hairs on the plant. The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India. ; Species * '' Tetrapogon bidentatus'' Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya * '' Tetrapogon cenchriformis'' (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania * ''Tetrapogon ferrugineus'' (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia * '' Tetrapogon tenellus'' Chiov. - India * ''Tetrapogon tetrastachys'' Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga * ''Tetrapogon villosus'' Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda ; formerly included see ''Chloris'' * ''Tetrapogon flabellatus - Chloris flabellata'' * ''Tetrapogon mossambicensis - Chloris m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetrapogon Tetrastachys
''Tetrapogon'' is a genus of grasses. The name ''Tetrapogon'' derives from the Greek roots ''tetra-'' and ''pogon'', meaning "four" and "beard", respectively, in reference to the tufts of hairs on the plant. The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India. ; Species * ''Tetrapogon bidentatus'' Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya * ''Tetrapogon cenchriformis'' (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania * '' Tetrapogon ferrugineus'' (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia * ''Tetrapogon tenellus'' Chiov. - India * '' Tetrapogon tetrastachys'' Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga * ''Tetrapogon villosus'' Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda ; formerly included see ''Chloris In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloris (plant)
''Chloris'' is a widespread genus of monophyletic grasses belonging to the family Poaceae, known generally as windmill grass or finger grass. The genus is found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in the Southern Hemisphere. The species are variable in morphology, but in general, the plants are less than 0.5 m in height. They bear inflorescences shaped like umbels, with several plumes lined with rows of spikelets. The genus is characterized by the series of sterile florets above the lowest fertile ones, spikes usually 4–10 in numbers (occasionally 1–2), approximated or in a slightly separated series of 10–20 spikes, rarely an indefinite numbers of terminal spikes (then usually up to 50 or rarely more, as seen in ''Chloris roxburghiana'' Schultes). In India, 11 species are known to occur in which only two are endemic viz. ''Chloris wightiana'' Nees ex Steud. and ''Chloris bournei'' Rangachariar & Tadulingam. The genus was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitution, (; ), is a country in the Horn of Africa. The country is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains, and highlands. Hot conditions prevail year-round, with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall. Somalia has an estimated population of around million, of which over 2 million live in the Capital city, capital and largest city Mogadishu, and has been described as Africa's most culturally homogeneous country. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis, who have historically inhabited the country's north. Ethnic minoritie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka."Indian subcontinent". '' New Oxford Dictionary of English'' () New York: Oxford University Press, 2001; p. 929: "the part of Asia south of the Himalayas which forms a peninsula extending into the Indian Ocean, between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Historically forming the whole territory of Greater India, the region is now divided into three countries named Bangladesh, India and Pakistan." The terms ''Indian subcontinent'' and ''South Asia'' are often used interchangeably to denote the region, although the geopolitical term of South Asia frequently includes Afghanistan, which may otherwise be classified as Central Asian.John McLeod, The history of India', page 1, Greenwood Publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibouti
Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area of . In antiquity, the territory, together with Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somaliland, was part of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila, now in Somaliland, was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Dir Somali sultans with the French, and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden. It was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. At , the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world. Geographically, the Arabian Peninsula includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen, as well as the southern portions of Iraq and Jordan. The largest of these is Saudi Arabia. In the classical era, the southern portions of modern-day Syria, Jordan, and the Sinai Peninsula were also considered parts of Arabia (see Arabia Petraea). The Arabian Peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of the Red Sea between 56 and 23 million years ago, and is bordered by the Red Sea to the west and southwest, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to the northeast, the Levant and Mesopotamia to the north and the Arabian S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area. It shares borders with the South African provinces of Limpopo to the north, Gauteng to the west, the Free State to the southwest, and KwaZulu-Natal to the south. The capital is Mbombela. Mpumalanga was formed in 1994, when the area that was the Eastern Transvaal was merged with the former bantustans KaNgwane, KwaNdebele and parts of Lebowa and Gazankulu. Although the contemporary borders of the province were only formed at the end of apartheid, the region and its surroundings has a history that extends back thousands of years. Much of its history, and current significance is as a region of trade. History Precolonial Era Archeological sites in the Mpumalanga region indicate settlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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