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Panicum eickii

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Identification
Isotype of Panicum striatissimum C.E.Hubb. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Panicum eickii Mez [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Panicum striatissimum
  • Panicum eickii
  • Panicum turgidum
  • Panicum straitissimum

Flora

Entry for PANICUM eickii Mez [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 eickii Mez [family POACEAE], in E.J. 57: 185 (1921); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 31 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 104 (1955); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 50 (1958); G.T.: 60 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Usambara Mts., Eick 113 (B, holo.!)
PANICUM striatissimum C.E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1926: 250 (1926); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 203 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 33 (1947); R.K.G.: 37 (1958); I.G.U.: 45 (1960). Type: Mt. Kenya, Mearns 1766 (K, holo.!)
Information
Compact or loosely tufted rhizomatous perennial; culms 5–30 cm. high, slender, erect. Leaf-sheaths striate, glabrous or pilose on the margins; blades linear, 1–2(–7) cm. long, 1–2(–4) mm. wide, straight or abruptly tapering at the base, pilose or glabrous, closely appressed to the culms, rarely spreading or deflexed, bluntly acute. Panicle oblong, contracted, 1–2(–4) cm. long, sparsely branched, glabrous. Spikelets ovate-oblong, 2–3 mm. long, striate, glabrous, blunt; lower glume ovate, 3/4 to as long as the spikelet, (3–)5(–7)-nerved; upper glume ovate, 7-nerved, acute or bluntly acuminate; lower lemma (5–)7-nerved, ♂, its palea well developed; upper lemma pale, glossy.
Range
DISTR. U2; K4; T2, 3, 6, 7 eastern Zaire, Zimbabwe and Malawi
Altitude range
2000–4000 m.
Distribution
KENYA Mt. Kenya, 12 Oct. 1927, Lyne Watt 1112!TANZANIA Moshi District S. Kilimanjaro, Feb. 1928, Haarer 1025!TANZANIA Morogoro District Lukwangule, Jan. 1930, Bruce 710! & 20 Feb. 1933, Schlieben 3521!UGANDA Kigezi District Behungi, 23 Dec. 1933, A.S. Thomas 1194! & Kanaba Gap, 13 Feb. 1945, Greenway & Eggeling 7122! & Kishanje, 28 Nov. 1935, H.B. Johnston 1360!
Notes
This species is very similar to P. inaequilatum Stapf & Hubbard from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, which differs in its lax, scrambing habit, usually lanceolate leaf-blades, small spreading panicle, 3-nerved lower glume and 5-nerved upper glume.

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