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Melinis secunda

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Identification
Melinis secunda Mez [family GRAMINEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Melinis longiseta Not on sheet. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Rhynchelytrum bellespicatum
  • Melinis longiseta
  • Melinis secunda

Flora

Entry for Melinis longiseta subsp. bellespicata Rendle Zizka [family GRAMINEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 3, (1989) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
Melinis longiseta subsp. bellespicata Rendle Zizka [family GRAMINEAE], in Bibl. Bot. 138: 78 (1988). Type from Angola.
Tricholaena bellespicata Rendle [family GRAMINEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 196 (1899). Type as above.
Melinis chaetophora Mez [family GRAMINEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. 57: 196 (1921). Types from Angola.
Melinis secunda Mez [family GRAMINEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. 57: 196 (1921). Types from Namibia.
Rhynchelytrum bellespicatum Rendle Stapf & Hubbard [family GRAMINEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 900 (1930). — Sturgeon in Rhod. Agric. Journ. 50: 111 (1953). — Chippindall in Meredith, Grasses & Pastures of S. Afr.: 431 (1955). — Launert in Merxm., Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr. 160: 160 (1970). — Clayton in F.W.T.A. 3: 455 (1972). Type as for Tricholaena bellespicata.
Information
Leaf laminae (3)6–20 cm. long, 1.5–5(6) mm. wide. Spikelets (3.5)4–8.5 mm. long, usually linear.
Habitat
Stony ground in open, sunny locations in Mopane woodland, often in crevices
Altitude range
300–2100 m.
2100
300
Distribution
Botswana N 18°35.5'S, 24°4.7'E, 21.v.1977, Smith 2073 (PRE; SRGH).Zambia N Mpika Distr., Lubi, 19.iii.1969, Astle 5618 (SRGH).Zimbabwe N Binga Distr., Chizarira Game Res., 16.i.1968, Thomson 22 (SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Mpatamanga Gorge, 28.ii.1961, Vesey-FitzGerald 3062 (SRGH).Mozambique T Tete Distr., Songo, 11.ii.1973, Torre et al. 19058 (LISC).Zambia S Mapanza, 19.iv.1954, Robinson 688 (M).Zimbabwe W Nkayi Distr., Gwampa Forest Res., iii.1956, Goldsmith 135/56 (LISC; PRE).Zimbabwe C Gweru Distr., 29 km. SSE. of Kwekwe, 4.iv.1966, Biegel 1080 (PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare, 23.iv.1969, Crook 878 (BR; M; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Masvingo Distr., Kyle Nat. Park, 21.v.1971, Ngoni 88 (BR; LISC; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Nigeria
Cameroon
Angola
S. Africa

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