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Sacciolepis palustris

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Name

Identification
Sacciolepis palustris Napper [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Sacciolepis chevalieri Stapf [family GRAMINEAE ]
Related name
  • Sacciolepis chevalieri
  • Sacciolepis palustris
  • Sacciolepis brevifolia

Flora

Entry for SACCIOLEPIS chevalieri 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
SACCIOLEPIS chevalieri Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 754 (1920); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 41 (1947); F.P.S. 3: 525 (1956); R.K.G.: 39 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 57 (1958); I.G.U.: 52 (1960); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 425 (1972). Types: Mali, Sanguiana to Mussaia, Chevalier 466, Central African Republic, Ndellé, Chevalier 6820 & Koundé, Chevalier 7714 (all K, syn.!)
SACCIOLEPIS brevifolia Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 755 (1920); G.T.: 55 (1965). Type: Angola, Benguella, Gossweiler 2057 (K, holo.!)
SACCIOLEPIS incurva Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 761 (1920); G.T.: 55 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Njombe District, Madehani [Nadehani], Stolz 2484 (K, holo.!)
Panicum incurvum (Stapf) Peter [family POACEAE], in F.D.O.-A. 1: 203 (1930)
Sacciolepis strictula Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 11: 651 (1932). Type: Angola, Huila, Mounyino, Dekindt 408 (B, holo.)
Sacciolepis palustris Napper [family POACEAE], in Kirkia 3: 128 (1963) & G.T.: 55 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Iringa District, Mufindi, Napper 917 (EA, holo., K, iso.!)
Information
Tufted perennial, sometimes with short rhizomes; culms 20–100 cm. high, hard, usually without cross-veins in the basal sheaths. Leaf-blades tightly rolled, 5–20 cm. long, 1–2 mm. wide. Panicle cylindrical, 2–16 cm. long, often somewhat interrupted. Spikelets ovate, laterally compressed, 1.5–2.2 mm. long, mostly pubescent; lower glume ovate, ± 1/2 as long as the spikelet; upper glume membranous; lower floret ♂, its palea almost as long as the lemma.
Range
DISTR. U1, 3; K3, 5; T4, 6–8 throughout tropical Africa
Altitude range
250–2100 m.
Distribution
KENYA Trans-Nzoia District 8 km. S. of Kitale, 8 June 1952, Bogdan 3435!KENYA N. Kavirondo District 8 km. SE. of Bungoma, 27 June 1955, Bogdan 4056!TANZANIA Njombe District 1931, Emson 83! & Luwii flood plain, 20 Aug. 1958, Vesey-FitzGerald 1874!TANZANIA Songea District Luhira valley, Sept. 1956, Mgaza 143!UGANDA Acholi District Mt. Kilak, Nov. 1941, Eggeling 4699! & 19 Nov. 1941, A.S. Thomas 4047!UGANDA Mbale District Kamuge, 11 Mar. 1928, Snowden 1263!
Distribution (external)
Madagascar
Notes
Hard narrow-leaved plants are placed in S. chevalieri, larger soft-stemmed broad-leaved plants in S. typhura. Between these two extremes there is a complete range of intermediates, and the division seems quite arbitrary; the two taxa may be no more than habitat forms of a single species.

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