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Maltebrunia schliebenii

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Identification
Isotype of Potamophila schliebenii Pilg. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Maltebrunia schliebenii (Pilg.) C.E.Hubb. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Potamophila schliebenii
  • Maltebrunia schliebenii

Flora

Entry for MALTEBRUNIA schliebenii (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, Part (Part 1), page 1, (1970) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
MALTEBRUNIA schliebenii (Pilg.) C. E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in Hook., Ic. Pl. 36, t. 3595 (1962). Type: Tanganyika, Ulanga District, Schlieben 1995 (K, iso.!)
Potamophila schliebenii Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 11: 652 (1932); G.T.: 50 (1965)
Information
Culms 60–100 cm. high. Leaf-blades lanceolate, 11–23 cm. long and 1.5–3 cm. wide, the false petiole short, up to 1 cm. long; ligule scarious, 2–3 mm. long. Panicle up to 25 cm. long; pedicels smooth. Spikelets 8–9 mm. long; glumes represented by 2 tiny hyaline cupuliform lobes at the pedicel-tip; sterile lemmas subulate, up to 2.5 mm. long; fertile lemma and palea glabrous. Fig. 11.
Range
DISTR. T6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
990–1100 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Ulanga District 35 km. S. of Mahenge, near Sali, 29 Mar. 1932 Schlieben 1995!

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