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Hyperthelia dissoluta Nees ex Steud. Clayton [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
Andropogon ruprechtii Hack. [family GRAMINEAE], in Flora 68: 126 (1885). Type from Mexico.
Hyparrhenia ruprechtii Hack. E. Fourn. [family GRAMINEAE], Mexic. Pl. Gram.: 67 (1886). —Stapf in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 326 (1919). —Stent & Rattray in Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 14 (1933).
Cymbopogon ruprechtii Hack. Rendle [family GRAMINEAE], in Hiern et al., Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 160 (1899).
Hyparrhenia dissoluta Nees ex Steud. C.E. Hubb. [family GRAMINEAE], in F.W.T.A. 2: 591 (1936). —Sturgeon in Rhodesia Agric. J. 51: 135 (1954). —Chippindall in Meredith, Grasses & Pastures S. Africa: 512 (1955). —Jackson & Wiehe, Annot. Check List Nyasal. Grass.: 44 (1958).
Hyperthelia dissoluta Nees ex Steud. Clayton [family GRAMINEAE], in Kew Bull. 20: 441 (1966). —Simon in Kirkia 8: 18, 51 (1971). —Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 496 (1972). —Clayton & Renvoize in F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 786, fig. 183 (1982). —Gibbs Russell et al., Grasses South. Africa [Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa No. 58]: 189 (1990). TAB. 43. Type from tropical Africa (probably Ghana).
Anthistiria dissoluta Nees ex Steud. [family GRAMINEAE], Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 400 (1854).
Information
Caespitose perennial; culms 100–300 cm high. Leaf laminas up to 30 cm × 6 mm. False panicle erect, rather stiff, composed of 4–6 fastigiate tiers; spatheole 5–7 cm long, narrowly lanceolate, glabrous or sometimes hirsute, yellowish-green eventually becoming reddish, the peduncle 1/2–2/3 as long; racemes 2–3 cm long, 2-awned per pair, not deflexed; superior raceme-base 2–3(5) mm long, the appendage 4–11 mm long, linear to narrowly lanceolate. Sessile spikelet 10–14 mm long (including the callus); callus 3–6 mm long; superior glume with or without a mucro up to 2 mm long; superior lemma with a yellowish awn 5–10 cm long. Pedicelled spikelet 9–14 mm long, with or without a terminal bristle up to 6 mm long.
Habitat
Common in deciduous bushland and wooded grassland, in fixed dunes, along riverbanks and by roads and in disturbed places, including mining areas contaminated with nickel and molybdenum
Range
Throughout tropical Africa and introduced in tropical America
Altitude range
0–1350 m.
1350
0
Distribution
Caprivi Strip c. 32 km from Katima Mulilo on road to Linyanti, 910 m, 26.xii.1958, Killick & Leistner 3120 (K; PRE).Botswana N Ngamiland Distr., Kwando R., eastern edge of airfield, 18°22’S, 23°32’E, 1000 m, 19.iv.1977, D.T. Williamson 125 (K; PRE).Zambia B Mongu Airport, 22.iii.1964, Verboom 1324 (K).Zimbabwe N Gokwe Distr., Sengwa R. off southern border of Charama Plateau, 1220 m, 3.v.1965, Simon 422A (K).Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., Ngani, Likoma (Lukoma) Is., 25.viii.1984, Salubeni & Nachamba 3886 (K).Mozambique N Mogincual Distr., andados 30 km na picada nova do Namialo para Quixaxe, 120 m, 27.xi.1963, Torre & Paiva 9343 (K; LISC; PRE).Botswana SE South East Distr., near Otse, north of Lobatse, 1000 m, 4.iii.1987, Long & Rae 33 (K).Zambia N Chambeshi Pontoon, 17.iv.1958, Vesey-FitzGerald 1668 (K).Zambia C Lusaka Distr., Chilanga, Quien Sabi Farm, 1100 m, ix–x.1929, Mrs C.I. Sandwith s.n. (K).Zambia S Mazabuka Distr., Burdett’s Farm, Monze to Magoye, km 9.6, 19.ii.1960, White 7234 (K).Zimbabwe W Bubi Distr., Lonely Mine, Dromoland, 14.vi.1968, Wild 7735 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe C Chegutu (Hartley) to Norton, 45 km west of Harare (Salisbury), 31.iii.1946, Weber 241 (K).Zimbabwe E Nyanga Distr., Cheshire, 1300 m, 15.i.1931, Norlindh & Weimarck 4429 (K).Zimbabwe S Chiredzi Distr., Chitsa’s Kraal, 240 m, 4.vi.1950, Wild 3359 (K; PRE).Malawi C Lilongwe Agric. Research Station, 20.iv.1951, Jackson 463A (K).Malawi S Zomba, 940 m, 14.v.1949, Wiehe 101 (K).Mozambique Z Mocuba, 5.vi.1943, Torre 5394 (K; LISC).Mozambique T Angónia Distr., Posto Zootécnico, 12.v.1948, Mendonça 4189 (K; LISC).Mozambique MS Parque Nacional da Gorongosa (Gorongosa National Park), iv.1973, Tinley 2802 (K).Mozambique GI Zavala Distr., between Chidenguele (Chidenguel) and Quissico (Zavala), 11.xii.1944, Mendonça 3381 (K).Mozambique M entre Moamba e Ressano Garcia, 25.ii.1948, Torre 7420 (K; LISC).Zambia E Katete Distr., St. Francis Hospital, 1070 m, 22.ii.1957, Wright 159 (K).
Hyperthelia dissoluta Nees ex Steud. Clayton [family GRAMINEAE]
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