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Eragrostis botryodes

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Name

Identification
Eragrostis botryodes Clayton [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Steud. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Eragrostis botryodes
  • Eragrostis atrovirens

Flora

Entry for ERAGROSTIS botryodes W. D. Clayton [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
ERAGROSTIS botryodes W. D. Clayton [family POACEAE], in K.B. 27: 153 (1972). Type: Zaire, Kivu, Rutshuru to Lulenga, Scaetta 1462 (K, iso.!)
ERAGROSTIS atrovirens Robyns & Tournay var. congesta [family POACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 25: 243 (1955) & F.P.N.A. 3: 165(1955); G.T.: 33(1965). Type: as for species
Information
Tufted perennial; culms 20–90 cm. high. Leaf-blades flat or rolled, 10–30 cm. long, 2–4 mm. wide. Panicle ovate or oblong, 4–20 cm. long, the spikelets densely clustered along the distal half of the primary branches. Spikelets 6–20-flowered, narrowly ovate-oblong, 3–7(–12) mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. wide, the base of the lemmas overlapping to conceal the rhachilla, very dark green, breaking up from the base, the rhachilla persistent; glumes subequal, 0.8–1.7 mm. long, acute; lemmas broadly ovate, 1.7–2.5 mm. long; palea falling soon after the lemma, the keels pubescent; anthers 3, 0.5–1 mm. long. Caryopsis ellipsoid, 0–7 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U2, 4; K3–6; T1–4, 7
Altitude range
1200–2500 m.
Distribution
KENYA Uasin Gishu District Turbo, June 1958, Gosnell 674 !KENYA Kericho District SW. Mau Forest, Timbilil, Aug. 1961, Kerfoot 2860 !KENYA Masai District Ngerende glade to Cis Mara Masai, 29 Mar. 1961, Glover, Gwynne & Samwell [ Paulo ] 162 !TANZANIA Mbulu District Karatu swamp, 18 June 1946, Greenway 7776!TANZANIA Ufipa District Lake Kwela, 11 Mar. 1959, McCallum Webster T.31! & Kalambo village, 13 Dec. 1958, Vesey-FitzGerald 2066 !UGANDA Ankole District Mitoma, 28 Feb. 1929, Snowden 1315 !UGANDA Kampala, 24 Oct. 1935, Chandler & Hancock 59!UGANDA Mubende District Nabingora, 19 June 1945, A. S. Thomas 4131 !
Distribution (external)
also in Ethiopia
Zaire
Malawi
Zambia
Notes
E. botryodes is distinguished by its dense panicle and dark green spikelets. The shape of spikelets and lemma, and the pubescent palea-keels, suggest intergradation with E. paniciformis; the latter has broader spikelets, distinctly ciliolate palea-keels, and the panicle is rarely contracted.

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