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Ischaemum stolzii

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Name

Identification
Ischaemum stolzii Pilg. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Ischaemum stolzii
  • Andropterum stolzii

Flora

Entry for ANDROPTERUM stolzii (Pilg.) 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
ANDROPTERUM stolzii (Pilg.) C.E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 112 (1954); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 29 (1958); G.T.: 95 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Rungwe District, Kyimbila, Stolz 1248 (K, iso.!)
Ischaemum stolzii Pilg. [family POACEAE], in E.J. 54: 280 (Mar. 1917)
Andropterum variegatum Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 38 (July 1917) & in Hook., Ic. Pl. 31, t. 3077 (1922). Types: Malawi, Namadzi [Namasi], Cameron 17 & Masuku Plateau, Whyte (both K, syn.!)
Sehima variegatum (Stapf) Roberty [family POACEAE], in Boissiera 9: 381 (1960)
Information
Rambling perennial, rooting at the nodes. Leaf-blades flat, 5–20 cm. long, 3–15 mm. wide, acuminate to a fine pungent tip. Raceme 4–11 cm. long. Sessile spikelet 5–8 mm. long; lower glume narrowly lanceolate, bearing scattered setae on the keels, acute; upper glume narrowly oblong, truncate; upper lemma bifid for 3/4 its length, with an inconspicuous awn 8–15 mm. long. Pedicelled spikelet narrowly oblong, 6–10 mm. long, purplish, truncate, the lower glume broadly winged on one side, the upper glume winged from the keel near the top. Fig. 177.
Range
DISTR. T4, 7, 8
Altitude range
1000–2400 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District Mbosi Forest, 17 Mar. 1959, McCallum Webster T. 134!TANZANIA Rungwe District Poroto Mts., Ngozi, 16 Oct. 1956, Richards 6524!TANZANIA Songea District 12 km. NE. of Songea, 27 Apr. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9840!
Distribution (external)
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe

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