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Dichanthium nodosum

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Name

Identification
Dichanthium aristatum (Poir.) C.E.Hubb. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Andropogon mollicomus Kunth [family POACEAE ] Dichanthium nodosum Willem. [family POACEAE ] Trachypogon polymorphus Hack. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Heteropogon molliconum
  • Dichanthium aristatum
  • Trachypogon polymorphus
  • Dichanthium caricosum
  • Dichanthium nodosum
  • Andropogon aristatum
  • Andropogon mollicomus
  • Heteropogon mollicomus
  • Andropogon caricosus

Flora

Entry for DICHANTHIUM annulatum var. annulatum [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
DICHANTHIUM annulatum var. annulatum [family POACEAE]
Andropogon annulatus Forssk. [family POACEAE], Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 173 (1775)
Dichanthium nodosum Willemet [family POACEAE], in Usteri, Ann. Bot. 18: 11 (1796), nom. superfl. Based on Andropogon annulatus Forssk. (but the description is that of D. aristatum)
Andropogon nodosus (Willemet) Nash [family POACEAE], North Amer. Fl. 17: 122 (1912)
Information
Lower glume of sessile spikelet pubescent to pilose below the middle, the bulbous-based hairs mainly confined to the margin above.
Range
DISTR. K1, 4, 7; T3, 4, 6–8 from Senegal, through the Middle East and India to Indonesia; introduced to southern Africa, tropical America and Australia
Altitude range
0–1800 m.
Distribution
KENYA Nairobi District 32 km. SE. of Nairobi, 21 Sept. 1951, Bogdan 3142!KENYA Machakos District Athi River station-Machakos, 13 Feb. 1949, Bogdan 2201!KENYA Mombasa District Kilindini, 28 Sept. 1929, Hitchcock 25163!TANZANIA Ufipa District Chitukutu, 9 Jan. 1951, Bullock 3607! & Rukwa Central, Chingoma, 9 Nov. 1963, Vesey-FitzGerald 4221!TANZANIA Morogoro, 29 Apr. 1968, Renvoize & Abdullah 1802!

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