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Cymbopogon subcordatifolius

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Name

Identification
Cymbopogon subcordatifolius De Wild. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Diheteropogon amplectens (Nees) Clayton [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clayton W.D., 1974
Related name
  • Diheteropogon amplectens
  • Cymbopogon subcordatifolius

Flora

Entry for DIHETEROPOGON amplectens (Chiov.) W.D. Clayton var. catangensis [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, page 451, (1982) Author: W. D. CLAYTON and S.A. RENVOIZE
Names
DIHETEROPOGON amplectens (Chiov.) W.D. Clayton var. catangensis [family POACEAE], in K.B. 20: 75 (1966) & in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 489 (1972). Type: Zaire, Kapiri, Bovone 19 (TO, holo.!)
Andropogon diversifolius Rendle [family POACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 148 (1899). Type: Angola, Pungo Andongo, Caghui to Candumba, Welwitsch 2835 (K, iso.!)
Andropogon amplectens Chiov. var. catangensis [family POACEAE], in Ann. Bot. Roma 13: 38 (1914)
Andropogon amplectens Pilg. var. hirsutus [family POACEAE], in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 193 (1915). Type: Zambia, Bwana Mkubwa, Fries 505 (UPS, holo.!)
Andropogon amplectens (Rendle) Stapf var. diversifolius [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 244 (1919)
Cymbopogon subcordatifolius De Wild. [family POACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 6: 22(1919). Type: Zaire, Lubumbashi [Elisabethville], Homblé 315 (BR, holo.!)
Information
Leaves mostly cauline, these with a broadly rounded ± cordate base 7–25 mm. wide, tapering thence to a filiform tip.
Range
DISTR. T3–8 tropical and South Africa
Altitude range
150–1800 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District Kawa, 29 Mar. 1959, McCallum Webster T.207!TANZANIA Mbeya District Ruaha National Park, Magangwe, 18 May 1968, Renvoize & Abdallah 2232!TANZANIA Iringa District Msembe-Ferry track, 6 Apr. 1970, Greenway & Kanuri 14273!
Notes
In typical specimens the cauline leaves of var. catangensis are strikingly different, but the two varieties are not very sharply segregated and a good many intermediates can be found. There is a partial geographical separation, var. amplectens being absent from northern and western Africa.This species can be confused with Andropogon schirensis which has a shorter blunt callus and sharply keeled lower glume.

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