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APOCHITON burttii C. E. Hubbard [family POACEAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part (Part 2), page 177, (1974) Author: W. D. CLAYTON, S. M. PHILLIPS AND S. A. RENVOIZE
Names
APOCHITON burttii C. E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in Hook., Ic. Pl. 34, t. 3319 (1936); G.T.: 25 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Mbulu/Kondoa District, near Sambala, B. D. Burtt 2602 (K, holo.!, BM, iso.!)
Information
Loosely tufted annual. Culms 20–90 cm. high, erect or geniculately ascending and rooting at the lower nodes. Leaf-blades up to 30 cm. long and 4 mm. wide, glabrous or sparsely hairy on the upper surface. Panicle oblong or ovate, 3–20 cm. long, loose; pedicels 1–2 mm. long. Spikelets 3–5-flowered, oblong, 6–8 mm. long; glumes lanceolate, the lower 4.5–5.5 mm. long, the upper 5–6.5 mm. long; lemmas ovate, mostly 4–5.5 mm. long, appressedly silky pubescent below the middle, with an awn 2–3 mm. long; paleas 2.5–3 mm. long, the awns 2–3.5 mm. long. Fig. 59, p. 187.
Range
DISTR. T1, 2, 4, 5, 7 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1100–1600m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Shinyanga District Old Shinyanga, 29 Apr. 1938, Glover l!TANZANIA Mbulu/Kondoa District near Sambala, 19 May 1929, B. D. Burtt 2602 !TANZANIA Dodoma, 8 Apr. 1933, Staples 263 !
APOCHITON burttii C. E. Hubbard [family POACEAE]
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