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Identification
Setaria lindiensis Pilg. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Setaria incrassata (Hochst.) Hack. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Setaria lindiensis
  • Setaria incrassata

Flora

Entry for SETARIA incrassata (Hochst.) Hack. [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
SETARIA incrassata (Hochst.) Hack. [family POACEAE], in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 2: 122 (1891); F.T.A. 9: 790 (1930); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 42 (1947); I.G.U.: 53 (1960); G.T.: 85 (1965). Type: Ethiopia, Gandawa, Schimper in Buchinger 1211 (whereabouts uncertain, not P, TUB)
Panicum incrassatum Hochst. [family POACEAE], in Flora 38: 197 (1855)
Setaria avettae Pirotta [family POACEAE], in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 159 (1896); F.T.A. 9: 798 (1930). Types: Ethiopia, Cuolla Arussi, Ragazzi (FI, syn.) & Kobbo to Dinghai Mesghia, Ragazzi (K, isosyn.!)
Setaria woodii Hack. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7: 24 (Jan. 1899). Type: South Africa, Umhlanga, Wood 6063 (K, iso.!)
Setaria gerrardii Stapf [family POACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 7: 424 (Aug. 1899). Types: Lesotho, Leribe, Buchanan 224, South Africa, Natal, Gerrard 681 & Buchanan 302 (all K, syn.!)
Setaria gerrardii Stapf var. purpurea [family POACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 7: 424 (1899). Type: South Africa, Limvuba R., Nelson 42 (K, holo.!)
Setaria abyssinica Hack. [family POACEAE], in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 51: 460 (1901). Types: Ethiopia, Hamedo, Schimper 1034 & 1039 & Abba Gerima, Schimper 1038 (all K, isosyn.!)
Setaria abyssinica Chiov. var. breviseta [family POACEAE], in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 311 (1907). Types:Ethiopia, Eritrea, Deca Mere, Pappi 2435 (K, isosyn.!) & many other syntypes
Setaria abyssinica Chiov. var. longiseta [family POACEAE], in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 311 (1907). Types: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gaza Gobo, Pappi 100 (FI, syn.) & Deggahen, Pappi 1389 (K, isosyn.!)
Setaria merkeri Herrm. [family POACEAE], in Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 10: 44 (1910); F.T.A. 9: 781 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Mbulu District, Mbugwe [Umbugwe] to Iraku, Merker 189 (K, photo.!)
Setaria holstii Herrm. [family POACEAE], in Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 10: 45 (1910); F.T.A. 9: 780 (1930); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 255 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 42 (1947); R.K.G.: 40 (1958); I.G.U.: 53 (1960); G.T.: 86 (1965). Types: Tanzania, Lushoto District, Lutindi, Holst 3271 (B, syn.) & Tanga District, Pongwe, Braun in Herb. Amani 630 (K, photo.!) & Pangani, Holst 3992 (B, syn.)
Setaria mombassana Herrm. [family POACEAE], in Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 10: 46 (1910); F.T.A. 9: 783 (1930); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 59 (1958). Type: Kenya, Mombasa, Hildebrandt 1953 (K, iso.!)
Setaria longissima Chiov. [family POACEAE], in Ann. Bot. Roma 13: 46 (1914); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 257 (1934). Type: Zaire, Kayoyo, Bovone 46 (TO, holo.)
Setaria plurinervis Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 779 (1930). Type: Central African Republic, Souka, Chevalier 9067 (K, holo.!)
Setaria modesta Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 781 (1930); G.T.: 86 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Masai District, Loitiss, Manleitner 5357 (K, holo.!)
Setaria phragmitoides Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 782 (1930); R.K.G.: 40 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 59 (1958); I.G.U.: 53 (1960); G.T.: 86 (1965). Types: Malawi, Elephant Marsh, Kirk & Mozambique, Shupanga, Kirk & Zambia, Kafue Flats, S.R.G.H. 3115 & cultivated at Salisbury, S.R.G.H 3366 (all K, syn.!)
Setaria phanerococca Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 784 (1930). Type: Zimbabwe, Makwiro, Eyles 2217 (K, holo.!)
Setaria palustris Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 785 (1930); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 59 (1958). Type: Malawi, Chiromo, L. Scott (K, holo.!)
Setaria lynesii Stapf & Hubbard [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 786 (1930); F.P.S. 3: 533 (1956). Type: Sudan, Kaka, Lynes (BM, holo.!)
Setaria rudifolia Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 787 (1930). Type: Zimbabwe, Salisbury, Eyles 2890 & Mazoe, Eyles 2246 (both K, syn.!)
Setaria porphyrantha Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 788 (1930). Based on S. gerrardii Stapf var. purpurea Stapf
Setaria pabularis Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 789 (1930). Types: Zimbabwe, Salisbury, Mundy 36 & Nobbs 632 & Umtali, Eyles 3027 (all K, syn.!)
Setaria albida Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 791 (1930); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 256 (1934). Type: Zaire, Lukafu, Verdick 357 (K, holo.!)
Setaria ciliolata Stapf & Hubbard [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 807 (1930); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 42 (1947); I.G.U.: 53 (1960); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 423 (1972). Type: Zimbabwe, Salisbury, Eyles 2889 (K, holo.!)
Setaria polyphylla Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 808 (1930); R.K.G.: 40 (1958). Type: Kenya, Mombasa District, Mkomani, W.E. Taylor (BM, holo.!)
Setaria phleoides Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 809 (1930); Imp. Grassl. Pl. Kenya: 50 (1951); R.K.G.: 40 (1958); G.T.: 85 (1965). Types: Kenya, Athi Plains, McDonald 1067 & without precise locality, Powell 128 (both K, syn.!)
Setaria setulosa Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 809 (1930); R.K.G.: 40 (1958); G.T.: 85 (1965). Type: Kenya, Fort Hall to Bluepost, Shantz 810 (K, holo.!)
Setaria eylesii Stapf & Hubbard [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 831 (1930). Type: Zimbabwe, Umtali, Eyles 3035 (K, holo.!)
Setaria ramulosa Peter [family POACEAE], in F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 64, fig. 32/2 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District, Lutindi Mt., Peter 13012 (B, holo.†)
Setaria kersteniana Peter [family POACEAE], in F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 67 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Pare District, Same, Kersten in Peter 11874 (B, holo.†)
Setaria breviseta Peter [family POACEAE], in F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 68, fig. 34/1 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Dodoma District, Lake Chaya, Peter 45769 (B, holo.†)
Setaria lacunosa Peter [family POACEAE], in F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 69, fig. 34/2 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Dodoma District, Kilimatinde, Peter 33560 (B, holo.†)
Setaria interrupta Peter [family POACEAE], in F.D.O.-A. 1: 234 (1931), non Desv. (1831), corrected to S. lacunosa op. cit.: 225
Setaria bequaertii Robyns [family POACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 9: 190 (1932); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 262 (1934). Type: Zaire, Semliki valley, Bequaert 5035 (BR, holo.!)
Setaria lindiensis Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 14: 94 (1938). Type: Tanzania, Lindi District, Tendaguru, Schlieben 6018 (K, photo.!)
Setaria nigrirostris de Wit var. pallida [family POACEAE], in Bull. Bot. Gard. Buitenzorg, ser. 3, 17: 26 (1941), sine descr. lat. Type: South Africa, Naboomspruit, Galpin M677 (PRE, holo.!)
Setaria perberbis de Wit [family POACEAE], in Bull. Bot. Gard. Buitenz., ser. 3, 17: 31 (1941). Type: South Africa, Tzaneen, Sampson 4393 (PRE, holo.!)
Setaria woodii de Wit subsp. bechuanica [family POACEAE], in Bull. Bot. Gard. Buitenz., ser. 3, 17: 36 (1941), sine descr. lat. Type: Botswana, Francistown to Basoli, Pole-Evans in PRE 8860 (K, iso.!)
Setaria woodii de Wit var. fonssalutis [family POACEAE], in Bull. Bot. Gard. Buitenz., ser. 3, 17: 36 (1941), sine descr. lat. Type: South Africa, Heilbron, Goossens 442 (PRE, holo.!)
Information
Tufted perennial arising from a short rhizome; culms 20–200 cm. high, the nodes pubescent though the hairs sometimes fugacious, rarely glabrous. Leaf-blades flat or convolute, 10–60 cm. long, 1–15 mm. wide, attenuate to a filiform tip. Panicle spiciform, cylindrical or somewhat interrupted, 3–30 cm. long, spikelets and bristles typically pallid green often with purple tips and sometimes wholly purple, the rhachis tomentellous to sparsely pilose; bristles 2–15 mm. long, in bundles of about 4. Spikelets broadly ovate to gibbously suborbicular, laterally compressed, 2–3(–4) mm. long; lower glume 1/3–2/3, the upper 2/3 to as long as the spikelet and (5–)7–9(–11)-nerved; lower floret ♂, its lemma firmly membranous; upper lemma punctate to obscurely rugose.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1–7; T1–8 Nigeria to Ethiopia and southwards to South Africa
Altitude range
0–2400 m.
Distribution
KENYA Meru District Meru National Park 1 km. E. of Mughwango swamps, 18 Dec. 1972, Ament 450!KENYA Kitui District 48 km. SSW. of Kitui, 3 May 1961, Bogdan 5131!KENYA Masai District Ol Choro Orogwe Ranch, 28 June 1961, Glover et al. 1993!TANZANIA Masai District Eluanata, 25 Apr. 1965, Leippert 5697!TANZANIA Arusha District near Arusha, Tarangire Mbuga, 26 Jan. 1959, Vesey-FitzGerald 2175!TANZANIA Pare District Kisiwani, 7 Feb. 1930, Greenway 2211!UGANDA Karamoja District Kamothing [Komosiy] R., 10 July 1957, Dyson-Hudson 294! & 56 km. NE. of Moroto on Moroto–Labwor road, 6 Sept. 1954, Clayton 90! & near Napak, 1 June 1940, A.S. Thomas 3672!
Notes
A polymorphic species akin to S. sphacelata and sometimes difficult to distinguish from that species; node hairiness is the best diagnostic character, but no character is entirely reliable on its own. Plants with glabrous nodes (S. palustris) are almost confined to Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique; they are broad-leaved and the spikelets can scarcely be mistaken for S. sphacelata. S. incrassata is closely allied to S. nigrirostris (Nees) Th. Dur. & Schinz, a South African species with somewhat larger spikelets and the involucral bristles thickened towards the tip.

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