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Diplachne alopecuroides

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Identification
Leptocarydion vulpiastrum (De Not) Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Uralepis alopecuroides Steud. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Diplachne alopecuroides (Steud.) Eyles [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Uralepis alopecuroides
  • Leptocarydion vulpiastrum
  • Diplachne alopecuroides

Flora

Entry for LEPTOCARYDION vulpiastrum (De Not.) Stapf [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
LEPTOCARYDION vulpiastrum (De Not.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 7: 648 (1900); E.A. Pasture Plants 2: 54 (1927); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 26 (1947); F.P.S.3: 482 (1956); R.K.G.: 22 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 47 (1958); I.G.U.: 39 (1960); G.T.: 25 (1965). Type: “Upper Nubia”, Figari (GE, holo. †, FI, ? iso.)
Rhabdochloa vulpiastrum De Not. [family ], in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 3, 19: 372 (1853)
Uralepis alopecuroides Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 248 (1854). Type: Ethiopia, Schimper 2055 (P, holo. !)
Leptochloa plumosa Anderss. [family POACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb., Bot. 1: 557 (1864). Type: Mozambique, Sena to Tete, Peters (K, iso. !)
Diplachne vulpiastrum (De Not.) Schweinf. [family POACEAE], in Beitr. Fl. Aeth.: 299, 310 (1867)
Triodia plumosa (Anderss.) Benth. [family POACEAE], in J.L.S. 19: 110 (1881)
Diplachne alopecuroides (Steud.) Jacks. [family POACEAE], Ind. Kew.: 769 (1893)
Triodia vulpiastrum (De Not.) K. Schum. [family POACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 113 (1895)
Leptocarydion alopecuroides (Steud.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 7: 649 (1900)
Leptocarydion plumosum (Anderss.) Jacks. [family POACEAE], Ind. Kew., Suppl. 1: 243 (1903)
Information
Loosely or compactly tufted annual. Culms 10–120 cm. high, ± slender, erect or geniculate, branched or simple. Leaf-blades lanceolate, lanceolate-oblong or narrowly ovate, 2–12 cm. long, 6–20 mm. wide, tip acute, rounded or abruptly constricted and cordate at the base, flat or inrolled when dry, glabrous, smooth or minutely rough beneath, 5–15-nerved. Inflorescence lanceolate-oblong or narrowly oblong, 4–22 cm. long, 1–2.5 cm. wide, feathery, pale green or tinged with purple, the glumes turning reddish-brown; racemes very slender, up to 4 cm. long. Spikelets 6–14-flowered, oblong, 5–11 mm. long; glumes very narrow, lower glume 2–3 mm. long, finely acute, upper glume 3–4 mm. long, acute or obtuse; lemmas oblong-linear in profile, 2.5–3.5 mm. long, pubescent below the middle, marginally ciliate with fine silky hairs 1–2 mm. long, entire or minutely 2- or more toothed at the tip; awn 2.5–5 mm. long, straight; callus shortly bearded. Fig. 81.
Range
DISTR. U1; K1–4, 6, 7; T1–8 Ethiopia and Sudan through E. Africa and Rhodesia to Angola, South West Africa and South Africa (Transvaal, Natal)
Altitude range
500–1800 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Dandu, 8 May 1952, Gillett 13107 !KENYA Masai District 76 km. on Nairobi-Magadi road, 25 June 1951, Bogdan 3105!KENYA Teita District Voi, foot of Mazinga Hill, 13 May 1953, Bally 8921 !TANZANIA Shinyanga Hill, 3 May 1945, Greenway 7402 !TANZANIA Masai District Lolkisale-Monduli, Apr. 1966, Procter 3273!TANZANIA Lushoto District Mkomazi, 29 Apr. 1967, Mwamba 51 !UGANDA W. Nile District Laropi-Dufile, Sept. 1943, Eggeling 5416! & Palseli (? Pakelli), 19 Nov. 1941, A. S. Thomas 4054 !UGANDA Karamoja District Moroto, 5 Oct. 1952, Verdcourt 768 !
Distribution (external)
Madagascar

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