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Thyrsia schliebenii

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Identification
Isotype of Thyrsia schliebenii Pilg. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Phacelurus schliebenii (Pilg.) Clayton [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Phacelurus schliebenii
  • Thyrsia schliebenii

Flora

Entry for PHACELURUS schliebenii (Pilg.) 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
PHACELURUS schliebenii (Pilg.) W.D. Clayton [family POACEAE], in K.B. 33: 178 (1978). Type: Tanzania, Njombe District, Lupembe, Schlieben 1252 (B, holo†)
Thyrsia schliebenii Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 11: 649 (1932)
Information
Densely caespitose perennial, the basal sheaths flabellate. Culms 30–90 cm. high, erect. Leaf-blades flat, 15–30 cm. long, 3–5 mm. wide. Inflorescence 9–11 cm. long, with a short central axis 1–5 cm. long; racemes 2–8, each 3–9 cm. long; internodes and pedicels clavate, usually pubescent. Sessile spikelet narrowly ovate, dark purple; callus without a peg; lower glume 4–5 mm. long, chartaceous with 2–5 prominent raised intercarinal nerves, these ± ciliate, the keels ciliate above and scarcely winged, subacute to emarginate at the tips; lower floret barren. Pedicelled spikelet resembling the sessile or smaller, without a callus.
Range
DISTR. T7
Altitude range
1500–2400 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Njombe District Lupembe, 1 Oct. 1931, Schlieben 1252
Distribution (external)
Zaire
Zambia
Malawi

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