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Festuca pilgeri

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Identification
Isotype of Festuca pilgeri Not on sheet. [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Alexeev, E.,
Related name
  • Festuca elgonensis
  • Festuca abyssinica
  • Festuca claytonii
  • Festuca pilgeri

Flora

Entry for FESTUCA abyssinica St. Yves var. supina [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, Part (Part 1), page 1, (1970) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
FESTUCA abyssinica St. Yves var. supina [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 9: 1133 (1927). Type: Tanganyika, Kilimanjaro, Uhlig 203 (EA, isosyn.!) & 1129 (B, syn.!)
FESTUCA pilgeri (St. Yves) Hedb. subsp. supina [family POACEAE], A.V.P.: 37 (1957); G.T.: 14 (1965)
Information
Leaf-blades acicular, stiffly erect, without external striations but not scabrid.
Range
DISTR. T2 known only from Kilimanjaro
Altitude range
4000–4700 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kilimanjaro, Shira Mts., Feb. 1928, Haarer 1131! & near foot of Mawenzi, 21 Feb. 1934, Greenway 3725! & saddle between Kibo and Mawenzi, 15 June 1948, Hedberg 1189!
Notes
Festuca abyssinica is here regarded as a polymorphic species characterized by the broad membranous glumes. These embrace the spikelet for some three-quarters of its length, and the lower is commonly 3-nerved. There is a great deal of variation and a number of subsidiary taxa have been recognized but, as Hedberg (l.c.) points out, there is so much intergradation that they are of little practical value. Variety supina has the curious leaf-structure of F. pilgeri, but the spikelets resemble those of F. abyssinica and the vegetative characters intergrade with the typical variety. It may be a hybrid between the two species.

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