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Sporobolus piliferus

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Identification
Sporobolus piliferus (Trin.) Kunth [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by J. F. Veldkamp, Triachyrum nilagiricum Steud. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Sporobolus stachydanthus
  • Triachyrum micranthum
  • Eragrostis pilosa
  • Sporobolus piliferus
  • Sporobolus praecox
  • Vilfa ciliata
  • Triachyrum nilagiricum
  • Triachyrum nilagricum
  • Sporobolus stachyanthus

Flora

Entry for SPOROBOLUS piliferus (Trin.) Kunth [family POACEAE]
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
SPOROBOLUS piliferus (Trin.) Kunth [family POACEAE], ,Enum. Pl. 1: 211 (1833); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 45 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 143 (1955); R.K.G.: 28 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 61 (1958); I.G.U.: 56 (1960); G.T.: 46 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 407 (1972). Type: Nepal (LE, holo.)
Vilfa pilifera Trin. [family POACEAE], Diss. Bot.: 157 (1824)
Sporobolus stachydanthus A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 394 (1851). Type: Ethiopia, Tigre, Shire [Chiré], Quartin Dillon (P, holo. !, K, iso. !)
Triachyrum stachydanthum (A. Rich.) Schweinf. [family POACEAE], Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 311 (1867), as “ stachyanthum ”
Information
Tufted annual; culms 5–40 cm. high, erect. Leaf-blades linear, 2–15 cm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, flat, or convolute when dry, loosely pilose. Panicle linear, spiciform, 1–14 cm. long, 3–6 mm. wide, the short primary branches subverticillate and appressed to the axis. Spikelets 1.8–2.5 mm. long; lower glume narrowly lanceolate, 1.2–1.5 mm. long, 2/3 as long as the spikelet; upper glume ovate, as long as the spikelet; lemma ovate, slightly shorter than the spikelet; anthers 3, 0.4 mm. long. Grain lenticular to ellipsoid, 1–1.4 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U2–4; K3, 4; T1–5, 7 throughout the tropics
Altitude range
1200–2400 m.
Distribution
KENYA Uasin Gishu District Eldoret, Sosiani R., 28 Aug. 1948, Bogdan 1903! & Lessos, 1 Sept. 1957, Strange in Knight 67 !KENYA Nakuru-Eldama Ravine, Molo R., 13 Sept. 1948, Bogdan 2047 !TANZANIA Bukoba District Kahororo [Karoro], Jan. 1932, Haarer 2454!TANZANIA Ngara District Bugufi, 26 Apr. 1960, Tanner 4894!TANZANIA Singida District Iramba Plateau, 6 km. on Kiomboi-Kisiriri road, 29 Apr. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 2236 !UGANDA Ankole District Kitagata, 24 May 1929, Snowden 1357 !UGANDA Mbale District Bugishu, Bulago, 28 Aug. 1932, A. S. Thomas 333!UGANDA Masaka District Sese Is. Bugala I., Kalangala, 24 Feb. 1945, Greenway & A. S. Thomas 7176 !

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