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Eragrostis villosipes

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Name

Identification
Eragrostis villosipes Jedwabn. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Eragrostis sclerantha
  • Eragrostis villosipes

Flora

Entry for ERAGROSTIS sclerantha (Jedw.) Launert subsp. villosipes [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 sclerantha (Jedw.) Launert subsp. villosipes [family POACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 35: 19(1961); G.T.: 33 (1965). Types: Angola, Huila, Monhino, Dekindt 417 & 422 (both K, isosyn. !)
ERAGROSTIS villosipes Jedw. [family POACEAE], in Bot. Arehiv. 5: 202 (1924); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 40 (1958)
ERAGROSTIS sclerantha (Jedw.) de Winter apud Chippindall var. villosipes [family POACEAE], in Meredith, Grasses Past. S. Afr.: 166 (1955), sine bibl. cit.
Information
Culms 60–100 cm. high. Panicle oblong, 15–35 cm. long, the shortly pedicelled (0.5–1.5 mm.) spikelets solitary or in groups of 2–3 and appressed to the raceme-like primary branches, these 4–9 cm. long, stiff, scaberulous.
Range
DISTR. T4, 7, 8 southwards to Rhodesia and Angola (subsp. sclerantha from Rhodesia and Angola to South Africa)
Altitude range
1000–1700 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District Kasanga, 30 Mar. 1959, McCallum Webster T.236 !TANZANIA Iringa District Sadani, Sept. 1948, Childs 88TANZANIA Songea District 9 km. S. of Lumecha Bridge, 4 May 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9887 !
Notes
The spikelets are very similar to those of E. racemosa, E. sclerantha being distinguished by the woolly basal sheaths and racemose panicle-branches. Subsp. sclerantha is a smaller plant, typically 30 cm. high, with a shorter ovate panicle.

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