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Cleistachne sorghoides Benth. [family GRAMINEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 4, (2002) Author: T. A. Cope
Names
Cleistachne sorghoides Benth. [family GRAMINEAE], in Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 14: t. 1379 (1882). —Stapf in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 154 (1917). —Stent & Rattray in Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 8 (1933). —Sturgeon in Rhodesia Agric. J. 51: 8 (1954). —Chippindall in Meredith, Grasses & Pastures S. Africa: 468 (1955). —Jackson & Wiehe, Annot. Check List Nyasal. Grass.: 33 (1958). —Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak.: 119 (1960). —Napper, Grasses Tanganyika: 98 (1965). —Hood, A Guide to the Grasses of Zambia: 58 (1967). —Simon in Kirkia 8: 20, 54 (1971). —Clayton & Renvoize in F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 734, fig. 170 (1982). —Gibbs Russell et al., Grasses South. Africa [Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa No. 58]: 87 (1990). —Setshogo in Kirkia 17: 136 (2001). TAB. 13. Type: Mozambique, Shupanga (Chupanga), Kirk s.n. (K, holotype).
Information
Erect stilt-rooted annual up to 300 cm high, slender; nodes and internodes glabrous; leaf sheaths pilose or glabrous; ligule an entire membrane; leaf laminas 20–90 cm × 4–15 mm, linear-lanceolate, pilose on both surfaces but less so on the inferior, the midrib prominent. Panicle 8–40 cm long, compact; racemes 4–8 cm long, the peduncles pilose; spikelets varying from straw-coloured to chestnut-brown. Spikelets 4–5 mm long, oblong; callus obscure. Glumes similar in size, slightly coriaceous; inferior glume finely 7-nerved, narrowly truncate at the apex, pilose; superior glume pilose, especially at the apex and on the margins, often with a glabrous midline. Inferior floret barren, the lemma hyaline, oblong, ciliolate, 2-nerved. Superior floret with an awn 5–8 times the length of the lemma, geniculate with pilose column and scabrid limb; palea present.
Habitat
Grassland and savanna
Range
Tropical Africa, through Arabia to India
Altitude range
350–1500 m.
1500
350
Distribution
Zambia N North Luangwa National Park, 690 m, 14.iv.1993, P.P. Smith 856 (K).Zimbabwe N Gokwe South Distr., Sengwa/Korwe confluence, 19.iii.1984, Mahlangu 981 (K).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Kasitu Valley, 1040 m, 27.i.1938, Fenner 230 (K).Mozambique N Ribáuè, 1000 m, 23.iii.1964, Torre & Paiva 11359 (K; LISC).Zambia E Chipata (Fort Jameson) area, 1962, Verboom 585 (K).Zambia S Kalomo Distr., Sichifula Controlled Hunting Area, 26.iii.1962, B.L. Mitchell 13/48 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe C Mazowe Distr., Teviotdale, 20.iii.1965, Bingham 1429 (BM; K).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., Muchira River, Tarka Forest Reserve, 1100 m, iii.1971, Goldsmith 12/71 (BM; K; PRE).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Mua-Livulezi Forest, 9.iv.1964, Adlard 607A (MAL).Malawi S Chiradzulu Distr., Chiradzulu Mt., 1250 m, 14.ix.1970, Brummitt & Banda 9831 (K).Mozambique Z Chinde Distr., Luabo, 8.v.1966, West 7329 (K).Mozambique T Moatize (Muatize), c. 50 km from Zóbuè towards Tete, 350 m, 12.iii.1964, Torre & Paiva 11162 (K; LISC; PRE).Mozambique MS Manica Distr., Manica (Macequese), 17.vii.1948, Fisher & Schweickerdt 239 (K; PRE).
Cleistachne sorghoides Benth. [family GRAMINEAE]
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