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Coelachne africana

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Identification
Coelachne africana Pilg. [family POACEAE ]
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Entry for COELACHNE africana Pilg. [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 2), page 177, (1974) Author: W. D. CLAYTON, S. M. PHILLIPS AND S. A. RENVOIZE
Names
COELACHNE africana Pilg. [family POACEAE], in R. E. Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 208 (1916); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 372 (1934); Hubbard in F.T.A. 10: 86 (1937); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 10 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 134 (1955); R.K.G.: 31 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 33 (1958); I.G.U.: 22(1960); G.T.: 54(1965). Types: Tanzania, Rungwe District, Kyimbila, Stolz 1221 (K, isosyn.!) & Zambia, Luvingo, Fries 1105 & Lunzua R., near Mbala [Abercorn], Fries 1217
COELACHNE paludosa Peter [family POACEAE], in Abh. Ges. Wiss. Gött., Math.-Phys. Kl., Neue Folge 13(2): 46 (1928) & F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 99 (1930). Types: Tanzania, S. Pare Mts., near Tona, Peter 8791 & 8831 (both B, syn. †)
Information
Mat-forming perennial. Culms 5–20 cm. high, ascending from a creeping branched base and rooting at the nodes. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate, 0.6–2 cm. long, 1.5–4.5 mm. wide, flat. Panicles 1.2–6 cm. long, up to 2.5 cm. wide, the branches up to 2 cm. long, loosely to sparsely spiculate. Spikelets ovate-oblong to oblong, 2–2.5 mm. long, purplish or green; glumes broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, glabrous; lower lemma broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, ± 2 mm. long, pubescent at the base; upper lemma elliptic to ovate-oblong, up to 2 mm. long, ± pubescent; anthers 2, 0.5–0.9 mm. long. Fig. 119, p. 437.
Range
DISTR. U2, 4; K3–5; T1, 3, 6, 7 Ethiopia to Rhodesia, and Madagascar
Altitude range
1040–2400 m.
Distribution
KENYA Ravine District 24 km. NW. of Eldama Ravine, 9 Dec. 1953, Bogdan 3859 !KENYA Nakuru District Mau Forest, Endabarra, 16 Jan. 1946, Bally 4830!KENYA Kiambu District Ruiru Falls, 21 Oct. 1934, G. Taylor 1083 !TANZANIA S. Pare Mts., Mtonto, 4 July 1942, Greenway 6547 !TANZANIA Uluguru Mts., Mgeta R. below Hululu falls, 15 Mar. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1580!TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi, Luisenga Lake, 15 Mar. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1758 !UGANDA Kigezi District Kachwekano Farm, June 1950, Purseglove 3477 !UGANDA Masaka District Sese Is., Bukasa I., 26 Feb. 1933, A. S. Thomas 894!UGANDA Mengo District Sezibwa Falls, Mar. 1916, Dummer 2769 !
Notes
C. africana belongs to a complex of interrelated species, which includes the Indian species C. simpliciuscula Benth. which has spiciform panicles, and the Indonesian species C. infirma Büse which has 3 stamens.

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