Entry for PASPALIDIUM desertorum (A. Rich.) Stapf [family POACEAE]
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 451, (1982) Author: W. D. CLAYTON and S.A. RENVOIZE
Names
PASPALIDIUM desertorum (A. Rich.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 585 (1920); Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 331 (1929) & 2: 444 (1932); F.P.S. 3: 507 (1956); R.K.G.: 43 (1958). Type: Ethiopia, Choho, Quartin Dillon (P. holo.)
Panicum desertorum A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 365 (1851)
Panicum arabicum Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 63 (1854). Types: Yemen, Fatme, Schimper 807 (K, iso.!). The other specimen cited— Schimper 963—is Echinochloa colona, and does not fit the description
Echinochloa colona (Steud.) A. Chev. var. arabica [family POACEAE], in Rév. Bot. Appliq. 13: 901 (1933)
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Dandu, 6 May 1952, Gillett 13068! & 62 km. N. of turnoff to Merti from main Isiolo–Wajir road, 19 Dec. 1971, Bally & A.R. Smith 14691! & c.5 km. S. of Lukuloko [Logologo], 12 May 1970, Magogo 1464!