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Eragrostis schweinfurthii

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Name

Identification
Eragrostis schweinfurthii Chiov. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Eragrostis chalcantha
  • Eragrostis blastocaulos
  • Eragrostis schweinfurthii

Flora

Entry for ERAGROSTIS schweinfurthii Chiov. [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 schweinfurthii Chiov. [family POACEAE], in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 368 (1908); F.P.N.A. 3: 162(1955); G.T.: 33(1965). Types: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Oculé Cusai, Halai, Pappi 1675 (FI, syn.) & Pappi 1961 (FI, syn.!) & Mt. Mamahot, Pappi 1245 (FI, syn.)
ERAGROSTIS chalcantha K. Schum. var. holstii [family POACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 114 (1895). Types: Tanzania, Usambara Mts., Mlalo, Holst 205 (B, syn.!) & 208 (B, syn.)
ERAGROSTIS chalcantha Jedw. var. composita [family POACEAE], in Bot. Archiv. 5: 186 (1924), nom. superfl. Types: as for preceding
ERAGROSTIS holstii (K. Schum.) Peter [family POACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 111 (1930); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 19 (1947); I.G.U.: 31(1960)
ERAGROSTIS holstii Peter var. contracta [family POACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 111 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Usambara Mts., Garaya, Peter 15906 (B, holo. †)
ERAGROSTIS racemosa (K. Schum.) Chiov. var. holstii [family POACEAE], Race. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya: 135(1935)
ERAGROSTIS blastocaulos Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 15: 704 (1942); G.T.: 33 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Iringa, Isowi, Schlieben 1029 (B, holo.!)
Information
Annual or short-lived perennial; culms 10–50 cm. high, tufted and erect, or geniculate, wiry and rooting at the lower nodes. Leaf-blades flat, 1–8 cm. long, 2–3 mm. wide. Panicle ovate to elliptic, 3–12 cm. long, the branches stiffly spreading. Spikelets 15–30-flowered, narrowly ovate to narrowly oblong, 4–10 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, olive to dark green, breaking up from the base, the rhachilla persistent; glumes ovate, boat-shaped, subequal, 0.8–1.2 mm. long, scabrid on the keel; lemmas broadly ovate, 1.5–1.7 mm. long, cartilaginous, the nerves indistinct, subacute; palea scaberulous on the keels, persistent; anthers 2, 0.2–0.6 mm. long. Caryopsis subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, 0.5 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U1–3; K3–7; T1–3, 6, 7
Altitude range
1300–3000 m.
Distribution
KENYA Mt. Kenya, W. side, Forest Station, 10 Jan. 1922, Fries 821 !KENYA Fort Hall District Kimakia Forest Reserve, 12 Feb. 1965, Gillett & Kabuye 16665!KENYA Masai District Ngong Hills, 17 June 1951, Bogdan 3060 !TANZANIA Kilimanjaro, 25 Jan. 1934, Schlieben 4631! & W. slopes, Ol Molog, 21 June 1944, Greenway 6899! & Marangu, 2 Sept. 1929, Hitchcock 24588 !UGANDA Kigezi District Mabungo, 16 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1471!UGANDA Mbale District Butandiga, 19 Aug. 1917, Snowden 1190 ! & Bulago, 27 Aug. 1932, A. S. Thomas 322 !
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Zaire
Ceylon
Notes
Although a somewhat smaller plant, E. schweinfurthii is easily confused with E. racemosa. It is best distinguished by the 2 small anthers.

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