Heteropogon contortus L. P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. [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
Heteropogon contortus L. P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. [family GRAMINEAE], Syst. Veg. 2: 836 (1817). —Stapf in Prain, F.T.A. 9: 411 (1919). —Stent & Rattray in Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 15 (1933). —Sturgeon in Rhodesia Agric. J. 51: 139 (1954). —Chippindall in Meredith, Grasses & Pastures S. Africa: 492 (1955). —Jackson & Wiehe, Annot. Check List Nyasal. Grass.: 43 (1958). —Simon in Kirkia 8: 17, 50 (1971). —Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 473 (1972). —Jacobsen in Kirkia 9: 148 (1973). —Clayton & Renvoize in F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 827, fig. 191 (1982). —Müller, Grasses of South West Africa/Namibia: 178 (1984). —Gibbs Russell et al., Grasses South. Africa [Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa No. 58]: 179 (1990). TAB. 47. Type from India.
Andropogon contortus L. [family GRAMINEAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 1045 (1753).
Heteropogon hispidissimus Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family GRAMINEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 453 (1851), in synon.
Andropogon hispidissimus Hochst. ex Steud. [family GRAMINEAE], Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 367 (1854). Type from Ethiopia.
Information
Caespitose perennial with laterally compressed leaf sheaths; culms up to 100 cm high, erect. Leaf laminas 3–30 cm × 2–8 mm, abruptly narrowed at the apex. Racemes 3–10 cm long, mostly long-exserted, solitary or aggregated into a scanty false panicle, the awns eventually twisted together into a terminal spire; homogamous spikelet pairs 3–17, resembling the pedicelled spikelets. Sessile spikelet 5.5–10 mm long (including the ferociously pungent and rufously barbate callus 2–3 mm long); inferior glume elliptic-oblong, brown, hispidulous; awn 5–8 cm long, hirtellous. Pedicelled spikelet 5–15 mm long; inferior glume green with yellowish membranous margins, without glands, the indumentum ranging from absent to tuberculate-villous; callus 2–3 mm long.
Habitat
Growing in deciduous bushland, wooded grassland and sand dunes, and often dominating open grassy places on dry soils
Range
Tropical and warm temperate regions generally
Altitude range
0–1400 m.
1400
0
Distribution
Mozambique M between Boane and Porto Henrique, 19.ii.1981, de Koning & Boane 8668 (K; LISC).Caprivi Strip c. 72 km from Katima Mulilo on road to Singalamwe, 910 m, 30.xii.1958, Killick & Leistner 3196 (K; PRE).Botswana N Ngamiland Distr., Kwando, James Camp, c. 18°22’S, 23°32’E, 16.iv.1975, D.T. Williamson 32 (K; PRE).Zambia B Sichinga Forest near Sesheke, 29.xii.1952, Angus 1068 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe N Binga Distr., Chizarira Game Reserve, 1020 m, 16.i.1968, W.R. Thomson 54 (K).Malawi N St. Patrick’s Mission, 2 km east of Rumphi, 1070 m, 2.iv.1977, Pawek 12574 (K).Mozambique N Mossuril Distr., Lumbo, near aerodrome, 5.v.1948, Pedro & Pedrogão 3112 (K).Botswana SW Ghanzi Farm, 6.i.1970, Brown s.n. (K).Botswana SE Lobatse, near the railway, 20.x.1929, Sandwith 98 (K; PRE).Zambia N Mpika Distr., North Luangwa National Park, Luangwa Valley, 11°46’S, 32°10’E, 690 m, 31.iii.1993, P.P. Smith 854 (K).Zambia C Lusaka Distr., Chilanga, Quien Sabe, 1100 m, 20.viii.1929, Sandwith 47 (K).Zambia E Chipata Distr., Lugomo, 13°15’S, 32°12’E, 610 m, 4.ii.1958, D.R.M. Stewart 116 (K).Zambia S Mazabuka Distr., 40 km north of Pemba, near Kanchale Village, 11.ii.1960, White 6941 (K).Zimbabwe W Bulawayo, Malindela, Albermarle Road, 1370 m, 20.ii.1965, Simon 142 (K).Zimbabwe C Chegutu (Hartley) to Norton, 45 km west of Harare (Salisbury), 10.ii.1946, Weber 203 (K).Zimbabwe E Mudzi Distr., Nyanga North, Lawleys Concession, 21.ii.1954, West 3405 (K).Zimbabwe S Chiredzi Distr., Save/Runde (Sabi/Lundi) Junction, Chitsa’s Kraal, 240 m, 4.vi.1950, Wild 3360 (K; PRE).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Chongoni Forest, near Kangoli (Kanjoli), 12.i.1967, Salubeni 485 (K; PRE).Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Lukulezi Swamps, 650 m, 20.vi.1962, E.A. Robinson 5396 (K).Mozambique Z Morrumbala Distr., Região de M'Bobo, 27.iv.1943, Torre 5211 (K; LISC).Mozambique T Angónia Distr., Ulónguè (Ulongwe), R. Livelange, 17.xii.1980, Macuácua 1468 (K; LISC; PRE).Mozambique MS Chemba Distr., Chiou, Estação Experimental do C.I.C.A., 13.iv.1960, Lemos & Macuácua 91 (K; LISC; PRE).Mozambique GI Inhassoro Distr., Santa Carolina Is., 21°27’S, 35°20’E, 1–15 m, 3–5.xi.1958, Mogg 28799 (K; LISC).
Heteropogon contortus L. P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. [family GRAMINEAE]
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