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Panicum crassipes

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Name

Identification
Panicum crassipes Mez [family GRAMINEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Panicum coloratum L. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Panicum coloratum
  • Panicum crassipes

Flora

Entry for PANICUM coloratum var. coloratum [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
PANICUM coloratum var. coloratum [family POACEAE]
PANICUM coloratum Rendle var. strictum [family POACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 178 (1899). Type: Angola, Huila, Welwitsch 2688 (K, iso.!)
PANICUM swynnertonii Rendle [family POACEAE], in J.L.S. 40: 230 (1911); F.T.A. 9: 717 (1920). Type: Zimbabwe, Melsetter, Swynnerton 1702a (BM, holo.!)
PANICUM crassipes Mez [family POACEAE], in E.J. 57: 187 (1921). Type: Namibia, Seiner 426 (B, holo.!)
PANICUM coloratum Goossens var. makarikariense [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1934: 195 (1934). Types: Botswana, Makarikari Pan, Pentz in Nat. Herb. Pre. 8416 & Phillips & Goossens in Nat. Herb. Pre. 8787 (both PRE, syn.!)
Information
Subglabrous to coarsely hispid plants, with culms 50–100 cm. high or more, usually erect and unbranched. Leaf-blades 15–30 cm. long, 5–10(–12) mm. wide. Panicles 15–30(–40) cm. long. Spikelets 2.5–3 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U1–3; K1, 3–5, 7; T1–7 tropical and subtropical Africa, introduced elsewhere
Altitude range
50–2300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Marsabit Forest, N. rim of Gof Bongole, 13 May 1970, Magogo 1300!KENYA Nakuru District Nakuru–Eldama Ravine, near Molo R., 14 Sept. 1948, Bogdan 2058!KENYA Nairobi/Machakos District Athi River Station, 24 Aug. 1947, Bogdan 1126!TANZANIA Maswa District S. of Lake Magadi, 6 Mar. 1962, Greenway 10505!TANZANIA Masai District Lolkisale, 19 Mar. 1967, Vesey-FitzGerald 5137!TANZANIA Mbulu/Singida District Yaida Plain, 24 Jan. 1970, Richards 25281!UGANDA Karamoja District near Amudat, 1 June 1939, A.S. Thomas 2981! & 20 May 1940, A.S. Thomas 3406!UGANDA Bunyoro District Butiaba, 15 Sept. 1935, H.B. Johnston 1135!

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