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Panicum poaeoides

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Identification
Isotype of Panicum graciliculme Napper [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Panicum poaeoides Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Panicum gracilicaule
  • Panicum poaeoides
  • Panicum graciliculme
  • Panicum dregeanum

Flora

Entry for PANICUM poaeoides Stapf [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 poaeoides Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 681 (1920); R.K.G.: 39 (1958); G.T.: 61 (1965). Types: Kenya, Nairobi, Lindon 213 & Dowson 256 (both K, syn.!)
PANICUM acutissimum Peter [family POACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 48, t. 13/4 (1930). Tanzania, N. Pare, Peter 11409 (B, syn.†) & Arusha District, Meru, Peter 2636 (B, syn.†). The habit illustration does not agree with the description and appears to be another species.
PANICUM graciliculme Napper [family POACEAE], in Kirkia 3: 127 (1963). Type: Tanzania, Serengeti, Greenway 9841 (K, iso.!)
Information
Loosely tufted perennial with a knotty base; culms 30–60(–90) cm. high, usually unbranched. Leaf-blades linear, 6–8(–26) cm. long, 3–8 mm. wide, straight or narrowed at the base, flat, sparsely to densely pilose or hispid with tubercle-based hairs, acuminate. Panicle ovate, 6–12(–16) cm. long, erect, much branched, usually dense and compact. Spikelets ovate, 2.3–3.2 mm. long, often purple tinged; lower glume broadly ovate, 1/2–2/3 the length of the spikelet, 1-nerved or faintly 3–5-nerved, acute to acuminate; upper glume ovate, 7-nerved, acute to acuminate; lower lemma ovate, 7-nerved, acute, ♂, its palea well developed; upper lemma clearly 7-nerved, greenish and glossy.
Range
DISTR. U1–3; K1, 3–6; T1, 2
Altitude range
1300–2100 m.
Distribution
KENYA Naivasha District Gilgil, 17 May 1959, McCallum Webster K 113!KENYA Nairobi District corner of Uhuru Highway and Langata road, 8 May 1975, Kabuye & Ng’weno 536!KENYA Machakos District 11 km. S. of Athi River Station, 29 May 1955, Bogdan 4001!TANZANIA Bukoba District Nyaishozi, Dec. 1931, Haarer 2410!TANZANIA Musoma District Emson 299!TANZANIA Mbulu District Mbulumbulu, 14 July 1943, Greenway 6769!UGANDA ‘NE. Teso’ District Komolo Swamp, 3 Mar. 1936, Michelmore 1221!UGANDA Ankole District Rubaare [Lubale], 23 Nov. 1935, H.B. Johnston 1380! & Njojka Tank, 21 June 1957, Harker 658!
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Zaire
Mozambique
Zimbabwe

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