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Urelytrum henrardii

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Identification
Isotype of Urelytrum henrardii Chippendall [family POACEAE ] (stored under name);
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Entry for Urelytrum henrardii Chippind. [family GRAMINEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 4, (2002) Author: T. A. Cope
Names
Urelytrum henrardii Chippind. [family GRAMINEAE], in Blumea, Suppl. 3: 25 (1946). —Simon in Kirkia 8: 53 (1971). Type: Zambia, Munshiwemba, Stohr 759 (PRE, holotype; K; SRGH).
Information
Caespitose perennial; culms up to 100 cm high. Leaf sheaths usually pilose or pubescent above; ligule short, 0.8–1.3 mm long, truncate, inconspicuous; leaf laminas up to 40 cm × 3–4 mm, fairly narrow. Inflorescence a solitary raceme 15–30 cm long; rhachis internodes and pedicels scaberulous. Sessile spikelet narrowly oblong-lanceolate; inferior glume 7.5–8.5 mm long, glabrous below, spinulose above and on the keels, subacute at the apex. Pedicelled spikelet 2–3 mm long, with an awn up to 2 cm long, but often absent.
Habitat
Growing in open woodland and savanna on sandy soils, on dry open hillsides and on river terraces
Range
Unknown outside Zambia and the Caprivi Strip
Altitude range
900–1500 m.
1500
900
Distribution
Caprivi Strip c. 80 km from Singalamwe on road to Katima Mulilo, 910 m, 3.i.1959, Killick & Leistner 3287 (K).Zambia N near the Chambeshi R., Kasama–Kayumbi, 1220 m, 30.i.1962, Astle 1335 (K; SRGH).Zambia W Ndola, ii.1957, Fanshawe 3083 (K; PRE).Zambia C Serenje Distr., Kundalila Falls, c. 14 km east of Kanona, 1300 m, 17.iii.1974, Davidse & Handlos 7259 (K; PRE).Zambia S Namwala Distr., Kafue National Park, Shakalonga Plain, 17.iii.1961, B.L. Mitchell 7/28 (K; PRE).
Notes
The complete absence of an awn on the glume of the pedicelled spikelet can be misleading because the plant can then superficially resemble a species of Rhytachne. Examination of the articulation of the joint should resolve any problem since in Rhytachne the callus of the sessile spikelet is horizontal with a central peg, not oblique.

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