Andropterum stolzii Pilg. C.E. Hubb. [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
Andropterum stolzii Pilg. C.E. Hubb. [family GRAMINEAE], in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 112 (1954). —Jackson & Wiehe, Annot. Check List Nyasal. Grass.: 29 (1958). —Simon in Kirkia 8: 19, 52 (1971). —Clayton & Renvoize in F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 752, fig. 177 (1982). TAB. 22. Type from Tanzania.
Ischaemum stolzii Pilg. [family GRAMINEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 280 (March 1917).
Andropterum variegatum Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 38 (July 1917); in Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 31: t. 3077 (1922). Syntypes: Malawi, Namadzi (Namadsi), Cameron 17; and Misuku Hills (Masuku Plateau), Whyte s.n. (K, syntypes).
Sehima variegatum Stapf Roberty [family GRAMINEAE], in Boissiera 9: 381 (1960).
Information
Rambling perennial, rooting at the nodes; leaf laminas 5–20 cm × 3–15 mm, flat, acuminate to a fine pungent apex. Racemes 4–11 cm long. Sessile spikelets 5–8 mm long; inferior glume narrowly lanceolate, bearing scattered setae on the keels, acute; superior glume narrowly oblong, truncate; superior lemma bifid for 3/4 its length, with an inconspicuous awn 8–15 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets 6–10 mm long, narrowly oblong, purplish, truncate, the inferior glume broadly winged on one side, the superior glume winged from the keel near the apex.
Habitat
Growing in dambos, along streamsides and pond margins and on the edges of riverine forest
Altitude range
900–2000 m.
2000
900
Distribution
Zambia N Mpika Distr., Kanchibya (Kanchibia) R., 48 km from Mpika on road to Kasama, 1520 m, 30.v.1964, Vesey-FitzGerald 4280 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe N Guruve Distr., Mware protection block at foot of Great Dyke, 8.x.1965, Cleghorn 1151 (K).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Katoto, 5 km west of Mzuzu, 1370 m, 19.v.1974, Pawek 8639 (K; PRE).Mozambique T Moatize Distr., Zóbuè, 27.viii.1943, Torre 5800 (K; LISC; PRE).Zambia E Katete Distr., Mpangwe Hills, 16.vi.1963, Verboom 1101 (K).Malawi C Dedza Distr., slopes of Dedza Mt., 6.ix.1950, Wiehe 637 (K; PRE).Malawi S Thyolo Distr., Bvumbwe Agriculture Research Station (Tung Experimental Station), 910–1070 m, 3.xi.1949, Wiehe 293 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Andropterum stolzii Pilg. C.E. Hubb. [family GRAMINEAE]
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