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Themeda forskalii

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Identification
Themeda forskalii unrecorded [family POACEAE ] Themeda triandra Forsk. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Themeda forskalii
  • Themeda triandra
  • Anthistiria argentea

Flora

Entry for ANTHISTIRIA imberbis Retz [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 310, (1900) Author: (By O. STAPF.)
Names
ANTHISTIRIA imberbis Retz [family POACEAE], Obs. iii. 11;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 402, ed. Schult. 107; Kunth, Enum. i. 481; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 401; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 211.
ANTHISTIRIA ciliata Retz [family POACEAE], Obs. iii. 11; Anderss. in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 562; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 176, not Linn. f.
ANTHISTIRIA ciliata Nees var. β [family POACEAE], in Linnæa, vii. 285.
ANTHISTIRIA ciliata Nees var. hispida [family POACEAE], Fl. Afr. Austr. 121.
ANTHISTIRIA ciliata Nees var. ciliata [family POACEAE], Fl. Afr. Austr. 121.
ANTHISTIRIA arguens Nees [family POACEAE], l.c. 124, not Willd.
ANTHISTIRIA vulgaris Hack. [family POACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. Pflanzenf. ii. Abt. ii. 29.
Stipa arguens Thunb. [family POACEAE], Prodr. 20.
Themeda Forskalii Hack. var. vulgaris [family POACEAE], Androp. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 660–662; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 731.
Themeda Forskalii Hack. var. imberbis [family POACEAE], Androp. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 660–662; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 731.
Themeda Forskalii Hack. var. major [family POACEAE], Androp. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 660–662; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 731.
Information
perennial, densely tufted; innovation shoots intravaginal; culms erect or geniculate and ascending, 1–3 ft. long, rather slender, glabrous, simple or branched; sheaths compressed, keeled, firm, glabrous or the lower sometimes hairy and bearded at the nodes, exceeding the internodes, except the upper; ligules membranous, very short, obtuse or truncate, ciliolate; blades linear, long tapering to a fine point, 2–8 in. by 1–2 1/2 lin., very rarely broader, flat, rather rigid, glabrous or hairy below, panicle narrow, often nodding, 3–6 in. long, scantily branched, branches solitary or the upper 2–3-nate, filiform, glabrous, bearing capituliform, usually dense, fascicles of racemes; spathes lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, about 1 in. long, rarely longer, usually bearded at the base, glabrous or hairy, greenish or reddish; racemes 6–9 lin. long; involucral spikelets whorled sessile, persistent, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3 1/2–5 lin. long, rarely longer, glabrous or with scattered short tubercle-based hairs, ♂; their lower glume not or very obscurely winged on one side only; lower valve generally present; pedicelled spikelets linear-lanceolate, glabrous, on short glabrous or subglabrous pedicels; hermaphrodite spikelet 1, not exserted from the involucre, linear-oblong, subcylindric, 2 1/2–3 1/2 lin. long, callus pungent, up to 1 1/2 lin. long, glabrous in front, otherwise densely bearded with shining reddish or purplish hairs; lower glume obtuse or emarginate, smooth and shining except the rigidly pubescent or scabrid tip, obscurely 7–9-nerved, upper glabrous; lower valve glabrous, somewhat shorter than the glumes; awn of upper valve 2 1/2 in. long; anthers 1 lin. long; grain about 2 lin. long. null
Range
The species ranges throughout the tropics of the Old World. In the western parts of the Cape Colony, it covers vast tracts of land at low or high altitudes.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Albert Div.; Cooper, 1782! Aberdeen Div.; Camdeboo Mountain, 3000–5000 ft., Drège! Graaff Reinet Div.; near Graaff Reinet, 3000–4000 ft., Drège, at 2700 ft., Bolus, 553! Sneeuw Berg Range, 4000–5000 ft., Drège! Aliwal North Div.; Witte Bergen, 7000–8000, Drège. Var. δ: Aliwal North Div. (?); by the Orange River, 5000–6000 ft., Zeyher! Var. ε: Colesberg Div.; near Colesberg, Shaw, 5!COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; Honig Vallei and on the Konde Berg, near Wupperthal, 3000–4000 ft., Drège! Cape Div.; between Cape Town and Table Mountain, Burchell, 62! Lions Rump Burchell, 127! Devils Peak, below Blockhouse, Dodd, 2749! Lion Mountain, over Sea Point, Dodd, 1609! Kasteels Poort, Dodd, 1365! Tokay Plantation, Dodd, 1964! Simons Bay, Wright! Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, 2000–3000 ft., Drège! Riversdale Div.; Duivenhoeks River, Gill! George Div.; Outeniqua Mountains, near Roodemur, 2000–3000 ft., Drège; Port Elizabeth Div.; Port Elizabeth; E.S.C.A. Herb. 100! Alexandria Div.; Sam Tees Vlakte, near Enon, Drège! near Ado, 1000–2000 ft., Drège, on the rocks of Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 3365! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, MacOwan, 46! Drège, between Grahamstown and Bothas Hill, 1000–2000 ft., Drège; Beaufort West Div.; Nieuw Veld Mountains, near Beaufort West, Drège; Queenstown Div.; Table Mountain, 5000–6000 ft., Drège! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1799! Var. β: Riversdale Div.; near the Zoetemelks River, Burchell, 6692/3! between the Zoetemelks River and Great Vals River (intermediate between the type and var. β), Burchell, 6565! George Div.; near George, Alexander! Outeniqua Mountains at Montague Pass, Rehmann, 81! 82! Lower Albany; Glenfilling, below 1000 ft., Drège. Var. γ: Uitenhage Div.; between Coega River and Sunday River, Drège!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000–2500 ft., Baur, 369! 275! Pondoland; between Umtata River and St. Johns River, Drège; Natal; bank of the Tugela River (a form with very broad leaves), Buchanan, 227! between Umzimkulu River and Umkomanzi River, Drège! Var. β: Natal; Inanda, Rehmann, 8244! Var. ε: Umpumulo, 2000 ft. (intermediate between var β and var. ε), Buchanan, 226!KALAHARI REGION Var. β: Griqualand West; fields to the north of Kimberley, Nelson, 90*! Transvaal; Wonderfontein, Nelson, 1*! Umhlenga's Kraal, Cave Mountains, Nelson, 56*! Var. ε: Griqualand West; Hay Div., between Kloof Village and Witte Water, Burchell, 2095! near Griquatown, Burchell, 1844! and at Doorn River, Burchell, 2136/2! Orange Free State; by the Orange River, Burke, 197! by the Caledon River (intermediate between var. β and var. ε), Burke, 423! and without precise locality, Cooper, 915! Hutton! Transvaal; Bosch Veld, between Elands River and Klippan, Rehmann, 5108! 5353! near Lydenburg, Atherstone! by the Nylstroom River at Moord Drift, Nelson, 40*!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Thunberg! Zeyher, 4487! Ecklon, 922! Bergius! Mund & Maire! Harvey, 284!
Notes
Durand & Schinz, l.c. 731, indicate also “ Themeda Forskalii, var. glauca, Hack.,” from Bechuanaland (Marloth, 995) and from the Cape Colony (Marloth, 807). I have not seen those specimens, but I suspect, they represent merely an unusually glaucous state of A. imberbis.

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