Compilation
Tricholaena abbreviata
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Name
Identification
Brachiaria serrata (Thunb.) Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Tricholaena abbreviata K.Schum. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Schumann, Panicum purpurascens Raddi [family POACEAE ] Brachiaria serrata (Thunb.) Stapf [family POACEAE ] Verified by Stapf, O.,
Related name
- Brachiaria serrata
- Panicum purpurascens
- Tricholaena abbreviata
Flora
Entry for BRACHIARIA serrata (Thunb.) 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
BRACHIARIA serrata (Thunb.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 537 (1919); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 109 (1934); R.K.G.: 46 (1958); Ann. list Nyasalandgrasses: 32 (1958); G.T.: 68 (1965). Type: South Africa, Thunberg (UPS, holo.)
Holcus serratus Thunb. [family POACEAE], Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 20 (1794)
Sorghum serratum (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. [family POACEAE], Syst. Veg. 2: 839 (1817)
Panicum serratum (Thunb.) Spreng. [family POACEAE], Syst. Veg. 1: 309 (1824)
Panicum scopuliferum Trin. [family POACEAE], Sp. Gram. Ic. 2, t. 165 (1828). Type: South Africa, Thunberg (LE, holo.!)
Panicum gossypinum A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 366 (1851). Types: Ethiopia, Mt. Selleuda, Schimper 174 [“175”] (K, isosyn.!) & Schimper 1196 (P, syn.)
Tricholaena abbreviata Engl [family POACEAE], in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1894: 58 (1894), nom. nud. Based on Tanzania, Usambara Mts., Holst 9154a (K!)
Panicum serratum (A. Rich.) Th. Dur. & Schinz var. gossypinum [family POACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 765 (1894)
Panicum serratum Th. Dur. & Schinz var. holosericeum [family POACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 765 (1894). Type: South Africa, Klipplaatsrivier, Drège (K, iso.!)
Panicum serratum Kuntze var. hirtum [family POACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 3: 364 (1898). Type: South Africa, Natal, Highland Station, Kuntze (K, iso.!)
Panicum nigropedatum Chiov. var. basipiliferum [family POACEAE], in Ann. Bot. Roma 13: 42 (1914). Type: Zaire, Kapiri, Bovone 29 (whereabouts uncertain)
Brachiaria serrata (A. Rich.) Stapf var. gossypina [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 538 (1919); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 7 (1947); I.G.U.: 19 (1960); G.T.: 69 (1965)
Brachiaria brachylopha Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 539 (1919); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 443 (1972). Types: Nigeria, Nupe, Barter 1397 (K, syn.!) & several other syntypes
Panicum serratum (Stapf) A. Chev. var. brachylophum [family POACEAE], Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Fr. 1: 730 (1920)
Information
Densely tufted perennial, the basal sheaths silky tomentose; culms 20–100 cm. high. Leaf-blades 5–25 cm. long, 2–10 mm. wide, glabrous to softly pilose, the margins ± cartilaginous. Inflorescence of 5–15 racemes on an axis 3–15 cm. long; racemes short and compact, 0.5–2 cm. long, bearing the spikelets singly on a triquetrous rhachis beset with a few bristles. Spikelets ovate-elliptic, 2.3–4.5 mm. long, with a transverse fringe of pink or silvery hairs 1–2.5 mm. long near the apex (rarely the fringe missing), otherwise pubescent, cuspidate to shortly awned, without a stipe; lower glume 1/2 the length of the spikelet, subacute; upper glume thinly cartilaginous, cuspidate; lower lemma similar to the upper glume, but thinly membranous about the midnerve, and acute or with an awn-point up to 1 mm. long; upper lemma ovate, striate, acute.
Range
DISTR. U1; K1–4, 6; T1–4, 6–8 tropical South Africa
Altitude range
300–2300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Moyale, 21 Oct. 1952, Gillett 14078!KENYA Naivasha District 8 km. from Gilgil, 17 May 1959, McCallum Webster K 115!KENYA S. Nyeri District 11 km. NNE. of Fort Hall, 22 May 1956, Bogdan 4165!TANZANIA Masai District Lolkisale, 19 Mar. 1967, Vesey-FitzGerald 5148!TANZANIA Ufipa District 19 km. S. of Sumbawanga, 30 Dec. 1961, E.A. Robinson 4815!TANZANIA Songea District Miyau, 11 Jan. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 8205!UGANDA Karamoja District Kokumongole, 28 May 1939, A.S. Thomas 2892! & Mt. Zulia, May 1960, J. Wilson 1019! & Toror Mt., Aug. 1960, J. Wilson 1055!
Notes
Specimens from the north-western part of the range (B. brachylopha, B. serrata var. gossypina) tend to have smaller spikelets than those from the south, but the change is very gradual and does not warrant taxonomic recognition.