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Sacciolepis wittei

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Name

Identification
Sacciolepis wittei Robyns [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Sacciolepis typhura (Stapf) Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Sacciolepis wittei
  • Sacciolepis typhura

Flora

Entry for SACCIOLEPIS typhura (Stapf) 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 typhura (Stapf) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 760 (1920); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 239 (1934); F.P.S. 3: 526 (1956); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 57 (1958); G.T.: 56 (1965). Type: South Africa, Transvaal, Naboomspruit, Nelson 74 (K, holo.!)
Panicum typhurum Stapf [family POACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 7: 414 (1899)
Panicum cinereo-vestitum Pilg. [family POACEAE], in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 201 (1915). Type: Zambia, Bangweulu, Fries 897 (UPS, holo.)
Sacciolepis scirpoides Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 759 (1920); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 238 (1934); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 57 (1958): G.T.: 56 (1965). Types: Angola, Benguella, Gossweiler 2579 & 2672 (both K, syn.!)
Sacciolepis glaucescens Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 759 (1920). Types: Zimbabwe, Charter District, Mundy & Dept. of Agric. 2102 (both K, syn.!)
Sacciolepis wombaliensis Vanderyst [family POACEAE], in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 679 (1925). Type: Zaire, Wombali, Vanderyst 2279 (BR, holo.)
Sacciolepis kimpasaensis Vanderyst [family POACEAE], in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 679 (1925); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 237 (1934). Type: Zaire, Kimpasa, Vanderyst (BR, holo.)
Sacciolepis wittei Robyns [family POACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 9: 188 (1932) & Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 240 (1934). Type: Zaire, Kando, De Witte 133 (BR, holo.)
Sacciolepis cinereo-vestita (Pilg.) C.E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1934: 110 (1934)
Sacciolepis trollii Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 12: 381 (1935). Type: Tanzania, Iringa, Troll 5255 (B, holo.!)
Sacciolepis velutina Napper [family POACEAE], in Kirkia 3: 129 (1963) & G.T.: 56 (1965). Type: Kenya, Meru, Bogdan 3147 (EA, holo., K, iso.!)
Information
Rhizomatous perennial; culms 20–150 cm. high, usually spongy at the base with cross-veins in the papery sheaths. Leaf-blades flat or folded, 5–35 cm. long, 2–10 mm. wide, ridged above, glabrous, papillose or pubescent. Panicle cylindrical, 3–30 cm. long, dense. Spikelets narrowly ovate, laterally compressed, 1.7–2.5 mm. long, mostly glabrous; 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. U3; K4; T4, 7, 8 throughout tropical Africa
Altitude range
1200–2300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Meru District 8 July 1953, Bogdan 3747!TANZANIA Buha District Kaberi Mbuga, 10 Aug. 1950, Bullock 3124!TANZANIA Kigoma District Usinge Swamps, 28 Nov. 1933, Michelmore 781!TANZANIA Ufipa District Lake Sundu, 1961, Vesey-FitzGerald 2833!UGANDA Teso District Bukedea, 6 May 1941, A.S. Thomas 3855!

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