FESTUCA abyssinica var. abyssinica [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 var. abyssinica [family POACEAE]
FESTUCA schimperana A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 433 (1851); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 21 (1947); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 42 (1958). Type: Ethiopia, Simen [Semien], Schimper 1384 (K, iso.!)
FESTUCA restituta Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 314 (1854), nom. superfl. Based on F. schimperana; however the description refers to F. simensis
FESTUCA rigidula Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 314 (1854); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 21 (1947); F.P.S. 3: 461 (1956). Type: Ethiopia, without precise locality, Schimper (P, holo.!)
FESTUCA abyssinica Rendle var. acuta [family POACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 255 (1899). Type: Angola, Huila, Welwitsch 2630 (K, iso.!)
FESTUCA gelida Chiov. [family POACEAE], in Ann. Bot. Roma 6: 147 (1907); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 21 (1947). Type: Congo Republic, Ruwenzori, Abruzzi (TO, holo.!)
FESTUCA abyssinica St. Yves subsp. acamptophylla [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 9: 1132 (1927). Type: Tanganyika, Kilimanjaro, Volkens 1206 (B, lecto.!)
FESTUCA abyssinica St. Yves var. intermedia [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 9: 1132, 1134 (1927). Type: Mt. Kenya, Fries 1316b (UPS, syn.) & Aberdare Mts., Sattima, Fries 2413 (K, isosyn.!)
FESTUCA abyssinica St. Yves var. keniana [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 9: 1133 (1927). Type: Mt. Kenya, Fries 1296 (K, isolecto.!)
FESTUCA abyssinica (A. Rich.) St. Yves var. schimperana [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 9: 1132 (1927)
Koeleria afromontana Jac.-Fél. [family POACEAE], Gram. Afr. Trop.: 186 (1962), nom. nud.
Information
Leaf-blades filiform to involute, striate. Fig. 21.
Range
DISTR. U2, 3; K1, 3, 4, 6; T2, 3, 7, 8 African mountains from Cameroun Republic and Ethiopia to Rhodesia
Altitude range
2800–4700 m.
Distribution
KENYA Nakuru District Elburgon–Turi, 17 June 1948, Bogdan 1665!KENYA Mt. Kenya, Hausburg valley, 9 Aug. 1948, Hedberg 1862!KENYA Masai District Ngong Hills, 14 Apr. 1940, Bally 835!TANGANYIKA Kilimanjaro, 6 Mar. 1934, Schlieben 4893! & Peter’s Hut to foot of Mawenzi, 21 Feb. 1934, Greenway 3719! & Useri, Jan. 1929, Haarer 1703!UGANDA Ruwenzori, Roccati Pass, 30 July 1952, Osmaston 1780!UGANDA Kigezi District Mt. Muhavura, 19 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1478! & 21 Dec. 1933, A. S. Thomas 1108!
FESTUCA abyssinica var. abyssinica [family POACEAE]
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