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Alloteropsis papillosa

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Name

Identification
Alloteropsis papillosa Clayton [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clayton, W.D., Alloteropsis homblei Robyns [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Alloteropsis homblei
  • Alloteropsis papillosa

Flora

Entry for ALLOTEROPSIS papillosa W.D. Clayton [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
ALLOTEROPSIS papillosa W.D. Clayton [family POACEAE], in K.B. 33: 21 (1978). Type: Kenya, Nairobi, Mbuvi 469 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.)
Information
Tufted perennial, the basal sheaths silky pubescent and ± bulbously thickened; culms 40–70 cm. high. Leaf-blades linear, 4–25 cm. long, 2–8(–10) mm. wide, tuberculate-ciliate on the margins. Inflorescence of 4–10 racemes, usually in 1 whorl; racemes 3–12(–20) cm. long, often bare at the base. Spikelets narrowly ovate, 2.5–5 mm. long, yellowish-green to purplish-grey; lower glume 1/4–3/4 as long as the spikelet; upper glume acute, thinly cartilaginous, ciliate on the margins, sometimes copiously so; upper lemma with an awn 0.5–4 mm. long, the palea papillose with globular hairs.
Range
DISTR. K4, 6, 7; T3, 6, 8
Altitude range
0–2000 m.
Distribution
KENYA Nairobi, 5 Apr. 1947, Bogdan 496! & Feb. 1958, D.B. Thomas 630!KENYA Kwale District Gongoni, 31 Dec. 1958, Moomaw 1165!TANZANIA Uzaramo District 85 km. on Dar es Salaam–Morogororoad, 2 Jan. 1971, Wingfield 1054! & about 9.5 km. E. of Ruvu crossing, 27 Nov. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7393!TANZANIA Rufiji District 5 Feb. 1931, Musk 47!
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
Natal
Notes
A perennial species with linear leaf-blades resembling A. semialata, but with inflorescence and spikelet characters (especially the papillose upper palea) reminiscent of A. cimicina. A hybrid origin seems possible.

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