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Panicum infestum

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Name

Identification
Panicum infestum Andersson [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Panicum sennii
  • Panicum maximum
  • Panicum pseudoinfestum
  • Panicum infestum
  • Panicum lasiocoleum

Flora

Entry for PANICUM infestum Anderss. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PANICUM infestum Anderss. [family POACEAE], (1863).
PANICUM sennii Chiov. [family POACEAE], (1932);. type: S3, “Jack-Omisso”, Senni 386 (FT holo.).
PANICUM pseudoinfestum Chiov. [family POACEAE], (1932);. types: S3, “Afmadu”, Gorini 61, 62, 65 (syn.).
Information
Densely tufted perennial with shortly rhizomatous woody rootstock, up to 200 cm high, usually pilose or hispid with tubercle-based hairs, rarely glabrous; leaves linear, 15–50 cm x 2–10 mm. Panicle oblong, 10–30 cm long, the primary branches ascending, spicate, the secondary usually absent or very short. Spikelets oblong, 2.5–4.1 mm long, glabrous, with a groove on the back, apiculate; lower glume broadly ovate, 1/4–1/3 the length of the spikelet, 1- to 3-nerved; upper lemma conspicuously transversely rugose.
Range
S1–3 tropical to South Africa.
Distribution
SOMALIA Tardelli 133; McLeish 888; Rose Innes 635.

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