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Sacciolepis micrococca

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Identification
Sacciolepis micrococca Mez [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Sacciolepis micrococca Mez [family GRAMINEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Panicum micrococcum
  • Sacciolepis nana
  • Panicum angustum
  • Panicum myosuroides
  • Sporobolus spicatus
  • Sacciolepis micrococca
  • Panicum interruptum
  • Panicum angustatum
  • Panicum not on sheet
  • Panicum micrococca

Flora

Entry for SACCIOLEPIS micrococca 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
SACCIOLEPIS micrococca Mez [family POACEAE], in F.R. 15: 122 (1918); F.T.A. 9: 753 (1920); F.P.S. 3: 525 (1956); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 57 (1958); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 425 (1972). Types: Senegal, Heudelot 551 & Nigeria, Borgu, Barter 759 & Sudan, Seriba Ghattas, Schweinfurth 2570 (all K, isosyn.!)
SACCIOLEPIS nana Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 753 (1920). Types: Central African Repubic, Kaga Do, Chevalier 5911 & 5921 (both K, syn.!) & Boma Poste, Chevalier 5961/4 (P, syn.) & Dar Banda, Chevalier 6643 (K, syn.!)
Panicum micrococcum (Mez) Peter [family POACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 52 (1930)
Information
Annual, growing in clumps; culms 15–70 cm. high. Leaf-blades filiform, folded, 4–15 cm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, papillose on the nerves above. Panicle cylindrical, slender, 2–15 cm. long. Spikelets elliptic, slightly laterally compressed, 0.7–1 mm. long, glabrous; lower glume ovate, 1/3–2/3 as long as the spikelet; upper glume membranous; lower floret barren, with or without a palea up to 0.25 mm. long; upper lemma almost as long as the spikelet, white.
Range
DISTR. U3; T6, 8 Senegal to Sudan; isolated records from Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Altitude range
1000–1300 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Ulanga District Mlahi, 17 May 1977, Vollesen 4585!TANZANIA Songea District near Mshangano fishponds, 25 Apr. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9911!UGANDA Teso District Omunyal Swamp, 14 Sept. 1954, Lind 266!

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