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Panicum sabiense

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Name

Identification
Panicum sabiense Renvoize [family POACEAE ] Panicum trichoides Sw. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Panicum trichoides
  • Panicum sabiense

Flora

Entry for Panicum sabiense Renvoize [family GRAMINEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 3, (1989) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
Panicum sabiense Renvoize [family GRAMINEAE], in Kew Bull. 34: 552 (1979). Type: Zimbabwe, Lower Sabi, 500 m., 27.i.1948, Rattray 1270 (K, holotype).
Information
Perennial with slender pubescent rhizomes; culms 40–100 cm. high, wiry at the base. Leaf laminae 9–27 cm. × 2–6 mm., acute. Panicle 8–18 cm. long, oblong. Spikelets 2.4–2.8 mm. long, oblong, glabrous, obtuse; inferior glume broadly ovate 1/3 the length of the spikelet, 3-nerved; superior glume 5-nerved; inferior lemma 5-nerved, male, its palea well developed; superior lemma transversely rugulose.
Habitat
In woodland or bush.
Range
Only known from Zimbabwe
Distribution
Zimbabwe N Gokwe Distr., Sengwa Research Station, 18.i.1975, Guy 2259 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Kwekwe (Que Que) Distr., Sable Park. 5.ii.1977, Chipunga G33 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr.. upper Rupembe,400 m.,22.i.1957, Phipps 69 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Buhera Distr., Sabi Valley, 12.ii.1966, Wild 7533 (K; SRGH).

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