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Paspalum notatum

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Name

Identification
Paspalum notatum Flügge [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Parodi, L. R.,
Related name
  • Paspalum distichum
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Flora

Entry for PASPALUM notatum Fluegge [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 451, (1982) Author: W. D. CLAYTON and S.A. RENVOIZE
Names
PASPALUM notatum Fluegge [family POACEAE], Monogr. Pasp.: 106 (1810); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 126 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 34 (1947); I.G.U.: 47 (1960);G.T.: 78 (1965). Type: West Indies, St. Thomas, Schrader & Ventenat (P, ? iso.)
Information
Mat forming perennial arising from stout rhizomes; culms 15–50 cm. high. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 2–30 cm. long, 3–10 mm. wide, stiffly spreading. Inflorescence composed of 2 (rarely 3) racemes barely separated by a common axis ± 5 mm. long; racemes 2.5–12 cm. long, bearing the spikelets singly in 2 rows on a narrow rhachis ± 1 mm. wide. Spikelets broadly elliptic, 2.5–3.8 mm. long, green; upper glume and lower lemma as long as the spikelet, cartilaginous, glabrous; upper lemma finely striate, pallid at maturity.
Range
DISTR. U4; K4; T1, 6 tropical America
Altitude range
500–2100 m.
Distribution
KENYA Fort Hall District Kimakia Forest Station, 7 Apr. 1958, Napper 712!TANZANIA Bukoba District Kayanga, Sept. 1958, Procter 1018TANZANIA Morogoro, 23 Feb. 1974, Wingfield 2556!UGANDA Mengo District Kampala, 14 May 1928, Liebenberg 506!
Distribution (external)
Zaire
Zambia

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