Hyparrhenia newtonii (Hack.) Stapf
var. newtonii

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Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii

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Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii

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Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii

Picture: Bart Wursten
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii

Picture: Petra Ballings
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii

Picture: Bart Wursten
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

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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.
Common names:
Frequency:
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
Notes:
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
Flowering time:
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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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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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Hyparrhenia newtonii var. newtonii.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=108920, retrieved 29 March 2024

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