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Eriochloa procera

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Name

Identification
Eriochloa procera (Retz.) C.E.Hubb. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by J.F. Veldkamp, 2011
Related name
  • Eriochloa fatmensis
  • Eriochloa procera
  • Milium zonatum
  • Eriochloa nubica
  • Helopus nubicus
  • Helopus annulatus
  • Panicum annulatum
  • Eriochloa parvispiculata
  • Eriochloa acrotricha

Flora

Entry for ERIOCHLOA procera (Retz.) 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 procera (Retz.) C.E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1930: 256 (1930); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 20 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 82 (1955); R.K.G.: 47 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 41 (1958); I.G.U.: 33 (1960); G.T.: 72 (1965). Type: India, Malabar, König (LD, holo!)
Agrostis procera Retz. [family POACEAE], Obs. Bot. 4: 19 (1786)
Milium ramosum Retz. [family ], Obs. Bot. 6: 22 (1791). Type: India (LD, holo!)
Eriochloa ramosa (Retz.) Kuntze [family POACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 775 (1891); F.T.A. 9: 497 (1919)
Eriochloa ramosa Peter var. barbata [family POACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 1: 159 (1930), nom. nud.
Information
Annual; culms 20–100 cm. high, erect or geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 2–30 cm. long, 2–4 mm. wide. Inflorescence 4–20 cm. long; racemes 2–10 cm. long, the rhachis puberulous, triquetrous, bearing paired spikelets; pedicels commonly glabrous, those of a pair often fused below. Spikelets lanceolate, (2.5–)3–4 mm. long, thinly pubescent; lower glume absent; upper glume acute to acuminate; lower floret represented only by a lemma; upper lemma with a mucro 0.3–0.5 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U2; K4, 6; T3, 8 Zaire, Mozambique; throughout SE. Asia; introduced to tropical America
Altitude range
200–1700 m.
Distribution
KENYA Nairobi District 24 km. W. of Nairobi, Njiro Estate, 7 Feb. 1951, Bogdan 2905! & 16 July 1951, Bogdan 3131!KENYA Masai District near Magadi, May 1935, Buxton 1269!TANZANIA Tanga District Duga, July 1893, Holst 3207! & Tengeni, 7 Dec. 1929, Greenway 1948!TANZANIA Lindi District Lutamba, 23 Jan. 1935, Schlieben 5906!UGANDA Toro District Buranga [Bulanga], 30 Sept. 1932, A.S. Thomas 734! & Bwamba, Dec. 1925, Maitland 945! & Muhokya [Mohokya], 20 Mar. 1936, Michelmore 1386!
Notes
A predominantly Asian species, presumably introduced to tropical Africa. It is closely similar to E. fatmensis and intergrades with it, so that the traditional recognition of the latter as a separate species may not be justified.

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