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Andropogon perligulatus Stapf [family GRAMINEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 4, (2002) Author: T. A. Cope
Names
Andropogon perligulatus Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1908: 410 (1908). —Stapf in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 250 (1919). —Clayton & Renvoize in F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 782 (1982). Type from Togo.
Andropogon centralis Pilg. [family GRAMINEAE], in Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 193 (1916). Syntypes: Zambia, Kamindas, Fries 972 (UPS) and from Tanzania.
Andropogon tumidulus Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 252 (1919). —Stent & Rattray in Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 11 (1933). —Sturgeon in Rhodesia Agric. J. 51: 15 (1954). Types from Zimbabwe, Harare (Salisbury), Craster 61, and Angola (K, syntypes).
Andropogon canaliculatus [family GRAMINEAE], sensu Simon in Kirkia 8: 16 (1971), non Schumach.
Andropogon sp. [family GRAMINEAE], sensu Simon in Kirkia 8: 16 (1971).
Information
Caespitose perennial; culms up to 120 cm high, erect, little branched above. Leaf sheaths with well developed auricles, glabrous; ligule (1.5)2.5–6 mm long, truncate; laminas 7.5–33 cm × 1–3.2 mm, revolute with a conspicuous keel, shortly and densely pilose, tapering to a very fine point at the apex. Racemes in pairs, 1.5–7.5 cm long, ± terete, clearly exserted from the spatheoles; peduncles much longer than the racemes; internodes and pedicels ± strongly canaliculate, very broad and thin, slightly clavate, ciliate on both margins with hairs 0.5–1 mm long. Spikelets dark red. Sessile spikelet 4.5–5 mm long, with rounded callus; inferior glume with a deep median groove, glabrous; superior glume strongly convex on the back, 2-toothed at the apex, with a mucro up to 2 mm long; superior lemma 2–3.5 mm long, bifid almost to the base; awn 1–2-geniculate, 18–29 mm long; anthers 2–2.7 mm long, bright red. Pedicelled spikelet male or sterile in the same plant, 4–6 mm long; inferior glume with scattered short hairs and an awnlet up to 1.5 mm long.
Habitat
Growing in wet acidic soils
Altitude range
1230–1600 m.
1600
1230
Distribution
Malawi C Lilongwe Distr., Dzalanyama, Chiputu Dambo, 4.xii.1951, Jackson 695 (K).Zambia B Kabompo Distr., Lusongwa floodplain, 8 km south of Lusongwa School, 26.xii.1969, Simon & Williamson 2052 (BM; K).Zimbabwe N Guruve Distr., Nyamunyeche Estate, Karoi Vlei, 7.ii.1979, Nyariri 672 (K).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., 2.4 km north of Chisenga, 24.viii.1962, Tyrer 525 (BM).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Lunzua River bridge, Kambole road, c. 32 km from Mbala (Abercorn), 5.iv.1959, McCallum Webster A284 (K).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., Lisombo River, 10.vi.1963, Loveridge 923 (BM; K).Zambia C near Mkushi River, east of Kabwe (Broken Hill), 26.iii.1946, Grassl 46-35 (K).Zambia S 8 km east of Choma, 1310 m, 27.iii.1955, E.A. Robinson 1193 (K).Zimbabwe C Hwedza Distr., Chingameri, MacDonald 128 (K).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., 22.5 km south of Chimanimani (Melsetter), 8.iii.1954, Crook 539 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Angola
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
Notes
Closely related to A. canaliculatus; see under that species for comments.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 4, (2002) Author: T. A. Cope
Names
Andropogon perligulatus Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1908: 410 (1908). —Stapf in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 250 (1919). —Clayton & Renvoize in F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 782 (1982). Type from Togo.
Andropogon centralis Pilg. [family GRAMINEAE], in Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 193 (1916). Syntypes: Zambia, Kamindas, Fries 972 (UPS) and from Tanzania.
Andropogon tumidulus Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 252 (1919). —Stent & Rattray in Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 11 (1933). —Sturgeon in Rhodesia Agric. J. 51: 15 (1954). Types from Zimbabwe, Harare (Salisbury), Craster 61, and Angola (K, syntypes).
Andropogon canaliculatus [family GRAMINEAE], sensu Simon in Kirkia 8: 16 (1971), non Schumach.
Andropogon sp. [family GRAMINEAE], sensu Simon in Kirkia 8: 16 (1971).
Information
Caespitose perennial; culms up to 120 cm high, erect, little branched above. Leaf sheaths with well developed auricles, glabrous; ligule (1.5)2.5–6 mm long, truncate; laminas 7.5–33 cm × 1–3.2 mm, revolute with a conspicuous keel, shortly and densely pilose, tapering to a very fine point at the apex. Racemes in pairs, 1.5–7.5 cm long, ± terete, clearly exserted from the spatheoles; peduncles much longer than the racemes; internodes and pedicels ± strongly canaliculate, very broad and thin, slightly clavate, ciliate on both margins with hairs 0.5–1 mm long. Spikelets dark red. Sessile spikelet 4.5–5 mm long, with rounded callus; inferior glume with a deep median groove, glabrous; superior glume strongly convex on the back, 2-toothed at the apex, with a mucro up to 2 mm long; superior lemma 2–3.5 mm long, bifid almost to the base; awn 1–2-geniculate, 18–29 mm long; anthers 2–2.7 mm long, bright red. Pedicelled spikelet male or sterile in the same plant, 4–6 mm long; inferior glume with scattered short hairs and an awnlet up to 1.5 mm long.
Habitat
Growing in wet acidic soils
Altitude range
1230–1600 m.
1600
1230
Distribution
Malawi C Lilongwe Distr., Dzalanyama, Chiputu Dambo, 4.xii.1951, Jackson 695 (K).Zambia B Kabompo Distr., Lusongwa floodplain, 8 km south of Lusongwa School, 26.xii.1969, Simon & Williamson 2052 (BM; K).Zimbabwe N Guruve Distr., Nyamunyeche Estate, Karoi Vlei, 7.ii.1979, Nyariri 672 (K).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., 2.4 km north of Chisenga, 24.viii.1962, Tyrer 525 (BM).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Lunzua River bridge, Kambole road, c. 32 km from Mbala (Abercorn), 5.iv.1959, McCallum Webster A284 (K).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., Lisombo River, 10.vi.1963, Loveridge 923 (BM; K).Zambia C near Mkushi River, east of Kabwe (Broken Hill), 26.iii.1946, Grassl 46-35 (K).Zambia S 8 km east of Choma, 1310 m, 27.iii.1955, E.A. Robinson 1193 (K).Zimbabwe C Hwedza Distr., Chingameri, MacDonald 128 (K).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., 22.5 km south of Chimanimani (Melsetter), 8.iii.1954, Crook 539 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Angola
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
Notes
Closely related to A. canaliculatus; see under that species for comments.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 4, (2002) Author: T. A. Cope
Names
Andropogon perligulatus Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1908: 410 (1908). —Stapf in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 250 (1919). —Clayton & Renvoize in F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 782 (1982). Type from Togo.
Andropogon centralis Pilg. [family GRAMINEAE], in Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 193 (1916). Syntypes: Zambia, Kamindas, Fries 972 (UPS) and from Tanzania.
Andropogon tumidulus Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 252 (1919). —Stent & Rattray in Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 11 (1933). —Sturgeon in Rhodesia Agric. J. 51: 15 (1954). Types from Zimbabwe, Harare (Salisbury), Craster 61, and Angola (K, syntypes).
Andropogon canaliculatus [family GRAMINEAE], sensu Simon in Kirkia 8: 16 (1971), non Schumach.
Andropogon sp. [family GRAMINEAE], sensu Simon in Kirkia 8: 16 (1971).
Information
Caespitose perennial; culms up to 120 cm high, erect, little branched above. Leaf sheaths with well developed auricles, glabrous; ligule (1.5)2.5–6 mm long, truncate; laminas 7.5–33 cm × 1–3.2 mm, revolute with a conspicuous keel, shortly and densely pilose, tapering to a very fine point at the apex. Racemes in pairs, 1.5–7.5 cm long, ± terete, clearly exserted from the spatheoles; peduncles much longer than the racemes; internodes and pedicels ± strongly canaliculate, very broad and thin, slightly clavate, ciliate on both margins with hairs 0.5–1 mm long. Spikelets dark red. Sessile spikelet 4.5–5 mm long, with rounded callus; inferior glume with a deep median groove, glabrous; superior glume strongly convex on the back, 2-toothed at the apex, with a mucro up to 2 mm long; superior lemma 2–3.5 mm long, bifid almost to the base; awn 1–2-geniculate, 18–29 mm long; anthers 2–2.7 mm long, bright red. Pedicelled spikelet male or sterile in the same plant, 4–6 mm long; inferior glume with scattered short hairs and an awnlet up to 1.5 mm long.
Habitat
Growing in wet acidic soils
Altitude range
1230–1600 m.
1600
1230
Distribution
Malawi C Lilongwe Distr., Dzalanyama, Chiputu Dambo, 4.xii.1951, Jackson 695 (K).Zambia B Kabompo Distr., Lusongwa floodplain, 8 km south of Lusongwa School, 26.xii.1969, Simon & Williamson 2052 (BM; K).Zimbabwe N Guruve Distr., Nyamunyeche Estate, Karoi Vlei, 7.ii.1979, Nyariri 672 (K).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., 2.4 km north of Chisenga, 24.viii.1962, Tyrer 525 (BM).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Lunzua River bridge, Kambole road, c. 32 km from Mbala (Abercorn), 5.iv.1959, McCallum Webster A284 (K).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., Lisombo River, 10.vi.1963, Loveridge 923 (BM; K).Zambia C near Mkushi River, east of Kabwe (Broken Hill), 26.iii.1946, Grassl 46-35 (K).Zambia S 8 km east of Choma, 1310 m, 27.iii.1955, E.A. Robinson 1193 (K).Zimbabwe C Hwedza Distr., Chingameri, MacDonald 128 (K).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., 22.5 km south of Chimanimani (Melsetter), 8.iii.1954, Crook 539 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Angola
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
Notes
Closely related to A. canaliculatus; see under that species for comments.
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