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Glossary (Main Species) Glossary (Main Species) For the authorities of botanical names of other grasses referred to in the text, see the Flora of Tropical East Africa by E.S. Clayton and co-workers (1970; 1974; 1982). In order to avoid ambiguity all common names begin with capital letters: ~hodes- , but also §lephantgrass. !!.othriochloa insculpta (A. Rich.) A. Camus !!.rachiaria decumbens Stapf (syn. !!.. ruziziensis) Signal -Cenchrus -ciliaris L. Bulfel fhlori s flEl.ana Kunth Rhodes Cymbopogon nardus (L) Rendle Citronella f ynodon aethiopicus Clayton & Harlan Giant Star f ynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst Common Star fynodon E!£.ctostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg. Naivasha Star Qactyloctenium ~inatum Hack. Crowfoot Qigitaria ~ssin ica (A. Rich.) Stapf (syn. D. scalarum; D. vestita) African Couch; Chiendent Qigitaria macroblephara (Hack.) Stapf Qigitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf (syn. Diqitaria mombasana) Qigitaria velutina (Forssk.) P. Beauv. Eleusine coracana L. Finger millet; Wimbi Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. Wimbi ~leusine ~geri Pilg. Manyatta ~ntolasia imbricata Stapf Bungoma ~ragrost is racemosa (Thunb .) Steud. (syn. E. boehmii) ~ragro st i s ~erba Peyr. Masai Love ~ragrostis tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Steud. ~xotheca ~ssinica (A. Rich.) Anderss. !ieteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult. Spear !iyparrhenia ~baria (L.) Stapf !!.yparrhenia fl!.ipendula (Hochst.) Stapf !iyparrhenia ~a (Nees) Stapf !iyperthelia dissoluta (Steud.) W.O. Clayton lmperata 9iindrica (L.) Raeuschel Imperata !:!>udetia !5ED.erensis (K. Schum.) Hutch . Russet !:!>udetia simplex (Nees) C.E. Hubbard Russet Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv. Molasses ~loratum -Panicum - L. Coloured Guinea Panicum maximum Jacq. Common Guinea faspalum scrobiculatum L. (syn. P. commersonii) Paspalum ~ennisetum ~ucum (L) R.Br. Pearl millet -Pennisetum -clandestinum Chiov. Kikuyu ~enn isetum l!!!!:.pureum Schumach Elephant; Napier --Pennisetum mezianum Leeke ~enn isetum ~acelatum (Nees) Th. Our & Schinz (syn. P. schimperi) Wire --Pennisetum stramineum Peter ~ennisetum unisetum (Nees) Benth. (syn. Beckeropsis uniseta) J!hynchelytrum ~ens (Willd.) C.E. Hubbard §.etaria ~acelata (Schumach.) Moss var. sericea (Stapf) W.O. Clayton Setaria 311 312 §.etaria sphaeelata var. ~endida (syn. ! ~endida) Giant Setaria §.orghum x almum Parodi Columbusgrass Sorghum bieolor(L.) Moench (syn. vulgare) Sorghum ~orghum -;- drummondii (Steud.) iIlsp. & Chase (syn. S. sudanense) Sudangrass §.porobolus l!l!.amidalis P. Beauv. Themeda triandra Forssk Themeda; Red Oat Exotic grasses Avena sativa L. Oats f-olium perenne L. Perennial Rye Qaetylis glomerata L. Cocksfoot --Festuca arundinaeea Schreb. Tall Fescue -Festuea -rubra L. Red Fescue Paspalum dilatatum Poir. Dallis Paspalum ;;tatum FIiigge Bahia fripsaeum andersonii J.R. Gray (syn. T. laxum) Guatemala Legumes fentrosema ~escens Benth. Centro Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb . Greenleaf Qesmodiumuncinatum (Jacq.) DC. Silverleaf . f-oblab l!!!!:.pureus (L.) Sweet Lablab Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit Leucaena Lotononis bainesii Baker Lotononis Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb. Siratro M edicago sativa L. Lucerne !!..eonotonia Y!iB.htii (Wight & Arnott) Lackay (syn. Glycine wightii) Glycine fuerar ia l!!!E.seoloides (Roxb.) Benth. Puero; Kudzu Stylosanthesfruticosa (Retz.) Alston ~tylosanthes ~anensis (AubI.) Sw. (syn. S. gracilis) Stylo §.tylosanthes humilis H.B.K. Townsville Stylo Trifolium !E!.ens L. White clover Trifolium rueppellianum Fresen Rueppels clover Irifolium semipilosum Fresen Kenya white clover Abbreviations and Units a.i. Active ingredient Ann Rep Annual Report CAB Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaus, Farnham Royal CIAT Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia D-value % In-vitro digestible organic matter DM Dry matter EARCC East African Range Classification Committee FAO Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome ICRAF International Centre for Research in Agroforestry ILCA International Livestock Centre of Africa INEAC Institut National d'Etude Agronomique du Congo IHE Initial Head Emergence; 5-10 heads emerged per m' (K) Kenya KARl Kenya Agricultural Research Institute KDA Kenya Department of Agriculture LWG Liveweight gain L.U . Livestock Unit (450kg Iiveweight) N,P,K Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium N°; So Northern, Southern latitude OHD Optimum Harvest Date OM Organic Matter PGS Pure Germinating Seed (T) Tanzania (U) Uganda UDA Uganda Department of Agriculture UNEP United Nations Environment Programme 313 References Abate, A., H. Kayonge-Male & C.N. Karue, 1981. Dry Anderson, G.D., 1968b. Effects of fertilizers on botanical matter, protein, energy and fibre intake by dairy heifers composition and productivity of pasture on the sandy grazing a Rhodes (Chloris gayana) pasture. Anim. Feed Sci. soils of the Tanganyika coast. East Afr. agric. For. J. 34: Techn.6: 15-26. 207-216. Abate, A., H. Kayonge-Male, A.N. Abate & J.D. Wachira, 1984. Anderson, G.D., B.G. Houston & P.J. Northwood, 1966. Effects Chemical composition, digestibility and intake of Kenyan of soil, cultivation history and weather on response of wheat feedstuffs by ruminants - a review. Nutr. Abstr. Revs 54: to fertilizers in Northern Tanzania . 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