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Brachiaria platytaenia

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Name

Identification
Brachiaria platytaenia Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by O.S.,
Related name
  • Brachiaria oligobrachiata
  • Brachiaria platytaenia

Flora

Entry for Brachiaria oligobrachiata Pilger Henr. [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
Brachiaria oligobrachiata Pilger Henr. [family GRAMINEAE], in Blumea 3: 436 (1940). Type from Congo (Brazzaville).
Panicum oligobrachiatum Pilger [family GRAMINEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. 33: 50 (1902). Type as above.
Brachiaria interstipitata Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 523 (1919). Type from Congo (Brazzaville).
Brachiaria platytaenia Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 524 (1919). Type from Zaire.
Brachiaria vittata Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 525 (1919). Type from Congo (Brazzaville).
Information
Coarse annual. Culms 60–120 cm. high. Leaf laminae 5–25 mm. wide. Inflorescence of 3–15 racemes, these 2–8 cm. long, bearing spikelets singly on a ribbon-like rhachis 1–3 mm. wide with minutely ciliolate margins. Spikelets 4–6 mm. long, sparsely pubescent above, acute. Inferior glume 1/3 length of spikelet, acute to acuminate, separated from the superior by a short internode. Superior lemma minutely granulose, with a short stubby mucro.
Habitat
River banks
Altitude range
1000 m.
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Distribution
Zambia B Mongu Harbour, 11.v.1964, Verboom 1193 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mporokoso Distr., Mweru-Wantipa, Mofwe Dambo,14.iv.1961, Phipps & FitzGerald 3181 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Kafue Nat. Park, Kalala Is., 14.iii.1961, Mitchell 6/84 (K).
Distribution (external)
Zaire
Congo (Brazzaville)
Notes
B. plantaginea (Link) Hitchc. is a similar west African species, occurring also in South America. It differs in the obtuse inferior glume and emucronate superior lemma.

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