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Andropogon diversifolius

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Name

Identification
Andropogon diversifolius Rendle [family POACEAE ] Diheteropogon amplectens (Chiov.) Clayton [family POACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Andropogon diversifolius
  • Diheteropogon amplectens

Flora

Entry for ANDROPOGON amplectens Stapf Var. diversifolius [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 9, page 1, (1917) Author: (By O. STAPF.)
Names
ANDROPOGON amplectens Stapf Var. diversifolius [family POACEAE]
ANDROPOGON diversifolius Rendle [family POACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 148.
Information
Blades of the cauline leaves 3/4 to over 1 in. wide at the base, rapidly tapering upwards. Inflorescence a scanty panicle of 3–4 distant 2-rayed usually simple tiers, or sometimes the lowest branch undivided at the base, several-noded, otherwise as in the type.
Range
The typical form extends southwards through Basutoland and the Transvaal to Natal.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; in rocky wooded places between Caghui and Candumba, Welwitsch, 2835! Benguella; in thickets at the sources of the Cuariri River, Gossweiler, 2716!French Guinea Upper Guinea Futa Jallon; between Daloba and Sangueta, Chevalier, 20187! Timbo, Pobéguin, 1779!

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