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Sacciolepis johnstonii

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Identification
Sacciolepis johnstonii C.E.Hubb. & Snowden [family POACEAE ] Verified by Hubbard, C.E.; Snowden, J.D., Sacciolepis leptorrhachis Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Sacciolepis leptorrhachis
  • Sacciolepis johnstonii

Flora

Entry for SACCIOLEPIS rigens (Mez) A. Chev. [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
SACCIOLEPIS rigens (Mez) A. Chev. [family POACEAE], in Rév. Bot. Appliq. 14: 29 (1934); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 425 (1972). Type: Togo, Sokodé to Bassari, Kersting 595 (K, iso.!)
Panicum rigens Mez [family POACEAE], in E.J. 34: 141 (1904)
Sacciolepis leptorhachis Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 763 (1920); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 246(1934). Types: Zaire, Kitebe, Vanderyst 4116 (K, syn.!) & without locality, Vanderyst 3692 (K, syn.!); Angola, Cordo to Quisondo, Welwitsch 7411 (BM, syn.) & without locality Welwitsch 2844 (BM, syn.)
Sacciolepis johnstonii C.E. Hubbard & Snowden [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1936: 314 (1936); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 41 (1947); I.G.U.: 52 (1960). Type: Uganda, Lango, Johnston 938 (K, holo.!)
Information
Loosely tufted perennial with short rhizomes; culms 60–200 cm. high. Leaf-blades linear, 10–40 cm. long, 2–6 mm. wide, the shoulders of the sheath prolonged into auricles 1–4 mm. long. Panicle cylindrical, 6–20 cm. long. Spikelets narrowly ovate, laterally compressed, 3–4.5 mm. long, glabrous or sometimes pubescent, purplish brown; lower glume ovate, ± 1/2 as long as the spikelet; upper glume membranous to subcoriaceous; lower floret ♂, its palea almost as long as the lemma.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; T4 widely, though unevenly, throughout tropical Africa
Altitude range
1100–2000 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District Sumbawanga, 17 May 1958, Vesey-FitzGerald 1795!UGANDA Acholi District Miriakulu, June 1942, Eggeling 5139!UGANDA Teso District Soroti, 14 Sept. 1954, Lind 482!UGANDA Mengo District Wabusana–Kalungi, 27 July 1956, Langdale-Brown 2226!
Notes
Distinguished by the auriculate leaf-sheaths, but difficult to separate from S. indica unless the basal parts are well collected.

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