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Enneapogon persicus

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Identification
Isotype of Pappophorum schimperianum Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Enneapogon persicus Boiss. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pappophorum glumosum
  • Pappophorum schimperianum
  • Enneapogon persicus

Flora

Entry for ENNEAPOGON persicus Boiss. [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
ENNEAPOGON persicus Boiss. [family POACEAE], (1844).
ENNEAPOGON schimperianus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Renvoize [family POACEAE], (1968).
ENNEAPOGON elegans (Nees ex Steud.) Stapf [family POACEAE], (1907).
Pappophorum glumosum Hochst. [family POACEAE], (1855).
Information
Tufted perennial up to 50 cm high; basal sheaths remaining intact. Panicle loosely or densely contracted, spike-like or lobed. Glumes often deeply suffused with purple, the lower 7-nerved, 3.5–7.5(–10) mm long, the upper 7-nerved, 4.5–10.3 mm long; fertile lemma 6–13 mm long (including awns), hairy on the back all over; awns ciliate; anthers 0.6–1 mm long; third lemma often well developed (but barren), 2.5–9(–10.5) mm long, sometimes accompanied by a vestigial fourth lemma.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1, 2 tropical Africa, south-western Asia to southern India.
Altitude range
160–1500 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Hansen & Heemstra 6183, 6250; Lavranos & Bavazzano s.n.; Elmi & Hansen 4070; Gillett & Hemming 24615; Hemming & Deshmukh 378; Moggi & Bavazzano 407.
Notes
Aiya makarreh, aus, dikil, jabioki (Som.).

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