Isotype of Stereochlaena tridentataClayton [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Stereochlaena tridentata
Flora
Entry for STEREOCHLAENA tridentata W.D. Clayton [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
STEREOCHLAENA tridentataW.D. Clayton [family POACEAE], in K.B. 33: 296 (1978). Type: Tanzania, Rungwa Game Reserve, Edong in C.A.W.M. 4450 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.)
Information
Tufted perennial, the basal sheaths silky pubescent; culms 60–80 cm. high. Leaf-blades flat, 5–15 cm. long, 3–6 mm. wide, softly pubescent. Inflorescence of 4–7 racemes, each 6–7 cm. long, the rhachis-margins ciliate. Spikelets oblong-elliptic, 4–4.5 mm. long; lower glume suppressed; upper glume 1/3–2/3 as long as the spikelet, shortly awned; lower lemma flat across the back, 7-nerved, strongly laterally keeled, the keels coriaceous and forming a tooth near the tip, hence the latter asymmetrically tridentate with a central awn 1–3 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. T7 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1100–1400 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Chunya District Rungwa Game Reserve, Edong in C.A. W.M. 4450! & 28–29 Jan. 1969, Sayalel in C.A.W.M. 5199! & 28 Jan. 1969, Estes 15a!
