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Habrochloa bullockii

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Identification
Habrochloa bullockii C.E.Hubb. [family POACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for HABROCHLOA bullockii 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, Part (Part 1), page 1, (1970) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
HABROCHLOA bullockii C. E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in Hook., Ic. Pl. 37, t. 3645 (1967). Type: Zambia, Abercorn District, Kalambo Falls, Bullock 2857 (K, holo.!)
Information
Delicate annual. Culms 10–25 cm. high, very slender, erect or ascending. Leaf-blades 3–7 cm. long and 1–2.5 mm. wide, flat, flaccid, glabrous or with weak scattered hairs. Panicle ovate or oblong, 2–7 cm. long, very loose with capillary branches. Spikelets oblong-cuneate, 2–2.5 mm. long; lower glume 1.5–2 mm. long, the upper as long as the spikelet; lemmas ovate-oblong, 1–1.3 mm. long; awn up to 6 mm. long. Fig. 44, p. 134.
Range
DISTR. T4, 7, 8
Altitude range
up to 1700 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Ufipa District Sumbawanga, between Kasanga and Mbala [Abercorn], 31 Mar. 1959, McCallum Webster T 234!TANGANYIKA Songea District NW. of Ruanda turn-off, Mkuanga Hill, 11 Apr. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9608!
Distribution (external)
Zambia
Malawi
Rhodesia

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