Compilation
Festuca kilimanjarica

5 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Festuca kilimanjarica Hedberg [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Achneria fasciculata
  • Festuca kilimanjarica
  • Poa kilimanjarica

Flora

Entry for FESTUCA kilimanjarica Hedb. [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 1), page 1, (1970) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
FESTUCA kilimanjarica Hedb. [family POACEAE], A.V.P.: 36 (1957); G.T.: 14 (1965). Type: Tanganyika, Kilimanjaro, Volkens 1507 (B, lecto.)
Koeleria convoluta Domin var. vulcanica [family POACEAE], in Bibl. Bot. 14 (65): 111 (1907). Type: as for species
Achneria fasciculata Peter [family ], F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 88 (1930), non Festuca fasciculata Forsk. (1775). Type: Tanganyika, Kilimanjaro, Peter 1100 (B, holo. †, K, klasto.!)
Information
Densely caespitose perennial; culms 14–20 cm. high. Leaf-blades basal, acicular, up to 10 cm. long, erect; ligule 3–3.5 mm. long. Panicle narrow, spiciform, 4–7 cm. long, the branches scabrid. Spikelets 2–3-flowered, 5–7 mm. long, green, herbaceous; glumes subequal, longer than the lowest floret and almost as long as the spikelet, the lower 4.5–5 mm. long, 3-nerved, the upper 5–6 mm. long, 3–5-nerved; lemmas keeled in the upper half, obtuse, awnless, the lowest 4–5 mm. long; palea shorter than the lemma, the keels minutely ciliolate; ovary glabrous; anthers 1 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. T2 known only from Kilimanjaro
Altitude range
4500–5000 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kilimanjaro, 18 Jan. 1955, Verdcourt 1226B! & above Peter’s Hut, 17 June 1948, Hedberg 1252! & 1260! & Mweka Route, 3 June 1966, Gilbert K 96 B!
Notes
With its long glumes and muticous, though not hyaline, lemmas, the species may be mistaken for Koeleria capensis (p. 79). The most obvious difference is that the latter species has pubescent to tomentose panicle-branches.

Related Materials