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Synonyms: |
Andropogon lecomtei Franch. Andropogon newtonii Hack. Cymbopogon lecomtei (Franch.) Rendle Hyparrhenia bisulcata Chiov. Hyparrhenia cirrosula Stapf Hyparrhenia lecomtei (Franch.) Stapf Hyparrhenia lecomtei (Franch.) Stapf var. bisulcata (Chiov.) Robyns Hyparrhenia squarrulosa Peter Hyparrhenia stolzii Stapf. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Densely tufted perennial with hairless culms up to 210 cm high. Leaves narrowly linear, up to 30 cm long, rigid, hairless or pubescent beneath; margins scabrid; basal sheaths hairless to hairy beneath. False panicle 15–30 cm long, diffuse; spatheoles narrowly lanceolate, 2.5–5 cm long, hairless or hairy along the margins, rarely all over; peduncles a little shorter than the spatheoles, with stiff bulbous-based yellow hairs; racemes 1.5–2 cm long, 2–4-awned per pair, dark purple; raceme-bases unequal, the superior 1.5–4 mm long, purple, entire or with a bidentate appendage 1–3 mm long. Spikelets 6–10 mm long, terminating in a bristle 1–5 mm long. |
Type location: |
Angola |
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Derivation of specific name: | newtoniiafter Francisco (Francis) Xavier Oakley de Aguiar Newton (1864-1909), British-born Portuguese botanist and plant collector. |
Habitat: | In grassland on stony hillsides, dambos and wooded grassland. |
Altitude range: | 1070 - 1700 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa and SOuth Africa, Madagascar, Thailand, Indo-China and Indonesia. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lp,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Friday 5 July 2019 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 350. Chapano, C. (2002). A checklist of Zimbabwean grasses Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 16. Pretoria. Page 16. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Pages 128 - 130. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 135. Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. & Nembudani, M.T. (2015). Identification Guide to Southern African Grasses Strelitzia 36 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Page 388. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 45. As Hyparrhenia newtonii and also as H. lecomptei Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 105. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 131. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 86. |
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