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Eragrostis chaunantha

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Name

Identification
Eragrostis chaunantha Pilg. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Eragrostis chaunantha
  • Eragrostis lehmanniana

Flora

Entry for ERAGROSTIS lehmanniana Nees [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 lehmanniana Nees [family POACEAE], see G.T.: 30 (1965),
ERAGROSTIS chaunantha Pilg. [family POACEAE]
Information
 is another South African species introduced to East Africa as a forage grass. It differs from E. curvula in its wiry culms and papery unridged leaf-sheaths silky pubescent at the very base.
Notes
Peter’s reference to E. chaunantha (F.D.O.-A. 1: 333 (1931)) was almost certainly mistaken, but his specimens have been destroyed. E. pseudo-teff Peter, F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 107, fig. 65/1 (1930), based on Peter 30445 (B, holo. †) from Natal, is, to judge by the illustration, a synonym of E. lehmanniana.

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