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Eriochloa parvispiculata

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Identification
Isotype of Eriochloa parvispiculata C.E.Hubb. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Eriochloa procera
  • Eriochloa nubica
  • Eriochloa parvispiculata

Flora

Entry for ERIOCHLOA parvispiculata C.E. Hubbard [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, page 451, (1982) Author: W. D. CLAYTON and S.A. RENVOIZE
Names
ERIOCHLOA parvispiculata C.E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1934: 111 (1934); R.K.G.: 47 (1958); G.T.: 72 (1965). Type: Zanzibar I., Mwera, Vaughan 1607 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.)
Information
Tufted perennial; culms 30–120 cm. high. Leaf-blades 8–30 cm. long, 3–10 mm. wide. Inflorescence 5–15 cm. long; racemes 1–7 cm. long, the rhachis puberulous, narrowly winged, with the spikelets densely imbricate in clusters of 2–4. Spikelets lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm. long, thinly pubescent; lower glume absent; upper glume acuminate or with an awn point up to 0.3 mm. long; lower floret represented only by a lemma; upper lemma with a mucro 0.1–0.3 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. K7; T3, 6, 8; Z; P
Altitude range
0–300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Kinango, 10 June 1948, Allan 37!KENYA Mombasa, 25 Nov. 1951, Bogdan 3308!KENYA Tana River District Kurawa, 20 Sept. 1961, Polhill & Paulo 502!TANZANIA Lushoto District Magunga Estate, 17 Apr. 1954, Faulkner 1407! & Korogwe, 13 Jan. 1971, Archbold 1344!TANZANIA Uzaramo District Dar es Salaam, 21 July 1967, Mwasumbi 10223!TANZANIA Zanzibar I., Kirengwa Causeway, 16 Aug. 1962, Faulkner 3083!TANZANIA Pemba I., Kiwani, 19 Dec. 1930, Greenway 2760!
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
South Africa (Natal)
Notes
Intergrades with E. stapfiana, and is often difficult to distinguish from marginal specimens of E. fatmensis unless the habit is known.

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