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Baptorhachis foliacea

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Name

Identification
Baptorhachis foliacea (Clayton) Clayton [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Baptorhachis foliacea

Flora

Entry for Baptorhachis foliacea Clayton Clayton [family GRAMINEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 3, (1989) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
Baptorhachis foliacea Clayton Clayton [family GRAMINEAE], in Kew Bull. 42: 401 (1987). TAB. 36. Type: Mozambique, Carvalho 508 (K, holotype)
Stereochlaena foliacea Clayton [family GRAMINEAE], in Kew Bull. 33: 296 (1978). Type as above.
Information
Annual. Culms 30–60 cm. high. Raceme 2–4.5 cm. long, the rhachis membranously winged, 3–4 mm. wide, purple. Spikelets 2.5–3 mm. long. Superior glume and inferior lemma obscured by tufts of white hair c. 1 mm. long, terminating in an awn 1.5 mm. long.
Distribution
Mozambique N Ribáuè, near Serra Nametere, 6.ii.1962, Carvalho 508 (K).

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