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Bambusa abyssinica

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Identification
Isotype of Bambusa abyssinica A.Rich. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A.Rich.) Munro [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Bambusa abyssinica
  • Schizostachyum abyssinicum
  • Oxytenanthera abyssinica

Flora

Entry for OXYTENANTHERA abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro [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, Part (Part 1), page 1, (1970) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
OXYTENANTHERA abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro [family POACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. 26: 127 (1868); Henkel in S. Afr. Journ. Sci. 24: 244 (1927); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 30 (1947); T.T.C.L.: 239 (1949); Troupin, Fl. Garamba 1: 61 (1956); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 50 (1958); G.T.: 12 (1965). Type: Ethiopia, Tigre, Tacazze valley, Quartin Dillon & Aderbati, Quartin Dillon & Petit 501 (both P, syn.!)
Bambusa abyssinica A. Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 439 (1851)
Oxytenanthera macrothyrsus K. Schum. [family POACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 117 (1895); T.T.C.L.: 240 (1949); G.T.: 12 (1965). Type: Tanganyika, Uzaramo District, Kiserawe, Stuhlmann 6228 & Kasi, Stuhlmann 6177 (both B, syn. †)
Oxytenanthera braunii Pilg. [family POACEAE], in E.J. 39: 601 (1907); T.T.C.L.: 239 (1949); G.T.: 12 (1965). Type: Tanganyika, Njombe District, Ukinga, Upangwa-Ubena, Rupia, Braun in Herb. Amani 1347 (B, holo., EA, K, iso.!)
Oxytenanthera borzii Mattei [family POACEAE], in Boll. Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 36, t. 1 (1909). Type: Eritrea, Dambesan, Mt. Anfalo, Senni 792 (? PAL, holo.)
Houzeaubambus borzii (Mattei) Mattei [family POACEAE], in Boll. Soc. Ort. Mut. Succor. Palermo 8: 84 (1910)
Information
Bamboo, in dense clumps; culms 3–10 m. high, 5–10 cm. in diameter, erect, at first densely silky with appressed hairs, solid or thick-walled; culm-sheaths with dark brown bristly hairs, tipped with an involute pungent blade 1–2 cm. long. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 5–25 cm. long and 1–3 cm. wide, somewhat glaucous, with inconspicuous transverse veins, gradually narrowed to a fine pungent tip; leaf-sheaths with a few deciduous setae 2–5 mm. long on the shoulders, without auricles. Spikelet-clusters globose, sometimes ± confluent, 4–8 cm. across, spiny; bracts ovate, up to 4 mm. long, rounded on the back (except the lowest which is 2-keeled). Spikelets very narrowly lanceolate, 15–40 mm. long, 1–4-flowered, 1 or sometimes 2 upper florets hermaphrodite, the rest reduced to lemmas; glumes ovate to oblong, ± shortly hispidulous, obtuse to acute, the lower 5–8 mm. long, the upper 8–10 mm. long; lemmas narrowly lanceolate, the lowest 12–20 mm. long, the uppermost about as long as the spikelet, ± hispid on the back, tipped by a rigid spine up to 7 mm. long; palea narrowly lanceolate, a little shorter than the lemma. Fig. 3.
Range
DISTR. U1, 3; T4, 6–8 Senegal to Ethiopia, and south to Rhodesia
Altitude range
15–2000 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Buha District Kasulu highlands between Manyovu and Heru Juu, July 1951, Eggeling 6188!TANGANYIKA Lindi District Matapwa area, 23 Oct. 1936, Vesey-FitzGerald in Herb. Amani 5338! & Nachingwea, 27 Jan. 1952, Anderson 745!UGANDA W. Nile District Mt. Kei, Sept. 1935, Eggeling 3416! & Koboko, 11 June 1936, A. S. Thomas 1993!UGANDA Mt. Elgon, 9 Apr. 1927, Snowden 1051!

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