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Urelytrum thyrsoides

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Name

Identification
Urelytrum thyrsoides Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Rhytachne gigantea Stapf [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Rhytachne gigantea
  • Urelytrum thyrsoides

Flora

Entry for URELYTRUM giganteum Pilg. [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
URELYTRUM giganteum Pilg. [family POACEAE], in E.J. 34: 125 (1904); F.T.A. 9: 46 (1917); I.G.U.: 59 (1960); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 502 (1972). Types: Zaire, Mukenge, Pogge (B, syn.) & Mussumba, Pogge 471 (B, syn.)
Rhytachne gigantea Stapf [family POACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 8: 99 (1908). Type: Central African Republic, Krebedjé, Chevalier 5410 (K, holo.!)
Urelytrum thyrsoides Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 47 (1917). Based on Rhytachne gigantea Stapf
Information
Robust perennial; culms 1.2–4 m. high. Leaf-blades broad, herbaceous, 30–100 cm. long, 10–25 mm. wide; ligule 2–3 mm. long, truncate. Inflorescence of 20–50 pedunculate racemes, each 10–25 cm. long, these borne in whorls upon a central axis 15–30 cm. long; internodes and pedicels glabrous. Sessile spikelet lanceolate; lower glume 5–6 mm. long, smooth and glabrous except for the spinulose keels, bluntly acute. Pedicelled spikelet 4–5 mm. long, its awn (0–)0.7–1.5 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. U2 Sudan, Central African Republic and Zaire to Nigeria
Altitude range
1300 m.
Distribution
UGANDA Kigezi District Bugangari Gombolola, 19 Sept. 1956, Thornton 90!
Notes
Awnless variants of this species can be mistaken for the genus Phacelurus, but the latter has transverse raceme-joints.

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