Elionurus royleanusNees ex A.Rich. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Rottboellia elegentissima
Elionurus grisebachii
Elionurus royleanus
Andropogon elegantissimus
Flora
Entry for ELIONURUS royleanus Nees ex A. Rich. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ELIONURUS royleanusNees ex A. Rich. [family POACEAE], (1850).
Information
Annual up to 35 cm high, fastigiately branching. Racemes 2–6 cm long, embraced below by a reddish spathe, gathered into fascicles; internodes bearded towards the top. Sessile spikelet lanceolate; callus obconical, 1 mm long; lower glume with body 5–6 mm long, glabrous to villous on the back, with tufts of long hair arising from blunt teeth along the margins, divided above into 2 flattened tails 4–6 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet narrowly lanceolate, 6–10 mm long, caudate-acuminate to a subulate tip.
