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Urochloa brachyphylla

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Name

Identification
Urochloa brachyphylla Gilli [family POACEAE ] Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clayton, W.D.,
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Flora

Entry for UROCHLOA trichopus (Hochst.) 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
UROCHLOA trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 589 (1920); Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 444 (1932); F.P.S, 3: 555 (1956); R.K.G.: 43 (1958); G.T.: 70 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 440 (1972). Type: Sudan, Kordofan, Kotschy 74 (K, iso.!)
Panicum trichopus Hochst. [family POACEAE], in Flora 27: 254 (1844)
Panicum trichopodon A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 369 (1851), nom. superfl. Based on P. trichopus
Helopus trichopus (Hochst.) Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 100 (1854)
Eriochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Benth. [family POACEAE], in J.L.S. 19: 39 (1881)
Eriochloa trichopus Schweinf. var. glabrata [family POACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2, App. 2: 17 (1894). Type: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Dogali, Schweinfurth 258 (whereabouts uncertain, not B)
Panicum trichopus Lanza & Mattei var. chiovendae [family POACEAE], in Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo 9: 46 (1910). Types: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sciotel R., Senni 695 & Keren, Senni 696 & Agordat, Senni 697 (all PAL, syn.)
Urochloa engleri Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 15: 450 (1941). Type: Namibia, Tsumeb, Engler 6406 (B, holo.!)
Urochloa brachyphylla Gilli [family POACEAE], in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 40 (1966). Type: Kenya, Mombasa, Gilli 45 (W, holo.!)
Information
Coarse tufted annual, the basal sheaths glabrous to loosely pubescent; culms 20–170 cm. high, ascending. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 5–30 cm. long, 5–20 mm. wide, ± hispid. Inflorescence of 3–20 racemes on a common axis 4–20 cm. long; racemes 1–14 cm. long, bearing single spikelets on a narrowly winged rhachis. Spikelets ovate, 2.5–5.5 mm. long, acuminate or with a short awn-point; lower glume elliptic-oblong, 2/3–5/6 the length of the spikelet, membranous, 3-nerved, often with a tuft of hairs from the middle of the back, obtuse; upper glume glabrous or pubescent; lower lemma nearly always with a setose fringe; upper lemma papillose, becoming rugulose on the flanks, with a mucro 0.5–1 mm. long. Fig. 141.
Range
DISTR. K2, 6, 7; T1–8 throughout tropical Africa, but mainly in the east
Altitude range
0–1300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Gazi-Msambweni road, 17 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3841!KENYA Kilifi District Malindi, 6 Aug. 1949, Bogdan 2529!KENYA Lamu District Kiunga Point, 21 July 1961, Gillespie 10!TANZANIA Mbulu District Tarangire R., 11 Jan. 1958, Lamprey 305!TANZANIA Mbeya District near Utengule, Jan. 1963, Procter 2363!TANZANIA Iringa District Ruaha National Park Headquarters, Msembe, 21 Feb. 1970, Greenway & Kanuri 13912!
Distribution (external)
Yemen
Notes
U. trichopus is the annual counterpart of U. mosambicensis, differing only by the absence of dormant buds at the base.

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