Enteropogon macrostachyus(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Munro ex Benth. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
Enteropogon macrostachyus
Flora
Entry for ENTEROPOGON macrostachyus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Munro ex Benth. [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
ENTEROPOGON macrostachyus(Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Munro ex Benth. [family POACEAE], (1881).
Information
Tufted perennial up to 1 m high; basal sheaths glabrous, at most lightly keeled. Racemes solitary (very rarely up to 3), 7–20 cm long. Spikelets (2–)3-flowered; fertile lemma 7–10 mm long (4–5 mm in 2-flowered forms), shortly bearded on the callus with hairs less than 2 mm long, scaberulous, with an awn 10–18 mm long; 2nd lemma similar to the fertile but smaller; 3rd lemma an awned rudiment.
Range
N1; C1, 2; S1–3 tropical Africa
Altitude range
20–1400 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Godding 61; Elmi & Hansen 4052A; Moggi & Bavazzano 767, 1291; Norris 32; Rose Innes 789.
