STEREOCHLAENA cameronii (Stapf) 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
STEREOCHLAENA cameronii (Stapf) Pilg. [family POACEAE], in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 14e: 45 (1940). Type: Malawi, Namasi, Cameron 15 (K, holo.!)
Chloridion cameronii Stapf [family POACEAE], in Hook., Ic. Pl. 28, t. 2640 (1900); F.T.A. 9: 480 (1919); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 32 (1958); G.T.: 78 (1965)
Stereochlaena jeffreysii Hack. [family POACEAE], in Proc. Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 7 (2): 66 (1908). Types: Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Gardner 46 & 83 (both W, syn.!)
Information
Tufted perennial, the basal leaf-sheaths pubescent to tomentose; culms 30–100 cm. high. Leaf-blades flat, 8–20 cm. long, 2–8 mm. wide, mostly ± hairy. Inflorescence of (2–)3–8(–10) racemes, each 3–16 cm. long, the rhachis-margins ciliate. Spikelets narrowly lanceolate, 2.5–3.5 mm. long; lower glume suppressed; upper glume 0.1–0.5 mm. long, obtuse to acute; lower lemma flat on the back with rounded sides, 7-nerved, these clearly raised, the awn 5–20 mm. long; upper floret dark brown.
Range
DISTR. T8 southwards to South Africa
Altitude range
870 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Songea District c. 140 km. E. of Songea & 11 km. W. of Tunduru District Boundary, 4 June 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 10546!TANZANIA Masasi District Lukuledi, 20 Apr. 1945, Schlieben 6341!
Notes
Exceptional specimens may have the upper glume longer or the awn shorter than above, but not in combination.
STEREOCHLAENA cameronii (Stapf) Pilg. [family POACEAE]
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