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Aristida scabrivalvis subsp. scabrivalvis [family GRAMINEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 1, (1971) Author: E. Launert
Names
Aristida scabrivalvis subsp. scabrivalvis [family GRAMINEAE]
Habitat
On heavy and sandy soils, red basalt loam, serpentine and red dolorite in sandy pockets over loose limestone cobbles, on grassy hills, in open flat grassland, grassy valley bottoms, bush savanna, on banks of rivers, on waste land and disturbed ground
Distribution
Zimbabwe S Fort Victoria, Glyntor, 19.i.1948, Robinson 205 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali, Premier Estate, 1130 m., 7.ii.1925, Eyles 4213 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Sebakwe R. near Que Que, 6.iii.1961, Vesey-FitzGerald 3103 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Matopos Research Station, 29.iii.1961, Kennon MRSH 3248 (SRGH).Zambia S Livingstone, 22.iii.1961, Fanshawe 6447 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Lomagundi, 1460 m., 25.ii.1959, Phipps, Drummond & Jackson 1524 (BM; COI; K; SRGH).Zambia N Mpika Distr., 45·1 km. NW. of Mfuwe, Kapiri Plots, c. 700 m., 21.iii.1969, Astle 5635 (BM; SRGH).Botswana N Bushman’s Pits, 96 km. E. of Maun, 27.iii.1961, Vesey-FitzGerald 3343 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Cape Province
south-western Africa
Natal
Transvaal
Tanzania
Notes
With glabrous lemmas.Rhodesia. S: Gwanda, Todd’s Hotel, 20.iii.1949, West 2890 (SRGH).A. scabrivalvis subsp. scabrivalvis resembles A. bipartita from which it diners mainly in the annual habit, distinctly awned glumes and by the superior glume exceeding the inferior in length. It is characterized by having a large inflorescence, minutely scabridulous or hirtellous glumes and usually a coarsely scabrid lemma, which is subequal to, or shorter than, the glumes.
Aristida scabrivalvis subsp. scabrivalvis [family GRAMINEAE]
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