Dignathia gracilis Stapf

  • Filed As

    Poaceae
    Dignathia gracilis Stapf

  • Collector(s)

    P. J. Greenway 10841, 17 Oct 1962

  • Location

    Kenya. S. of Arabuko Forest Reserve, Kilifi Dist., Kenya Colony.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04408528

    Occurrence ID: 7bdd9efa-f060-4782-a396-e332372d31b6

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Kenya

  • Locality

    S. of Arabuko Forest Reserve, Kilifi Dist., Kenya Colony

  • Elevation

    Alt. 8 m. (26 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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X.
EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
FLORA OF RILIFI DJST., KENYA COL,
NEW YORK BOTANjCAL GARDEN
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or short lived perennial
tussock grass with spreading and asc-
ending stems up to about IJin tall,
stems purple flushed, at the base
becoming bright apple green as are the'
narrowly lanceolate leaves, glumes
pale green each on a pedicle project!]
downwards in an open 3in* long raceme
the lowest glumes with the longest
Istalks, the tips of the /glumes very
pointed* Local but scattered in a
white sand with Kyllingia-Cyperus-
Bragrostis eiliaris-Perotis hildebran-
dtii- Cenchrus-Blgitaria in a Castor j
Oil^Simsim African cultivation on land
that had been cleared of Trachy 1 obium-
Afzelia quanzensis~Braehylaena~Manilk-
ara sulcata-M* sp.-Combretuin schumannii|
-Tamarindus-Brachystegia oliverl ever»
green forest.
S* of Arabuko Forest Reserve, c* 2?ft.
a* m* s. 1*. K,7* I7/IO/I902.
P. J. GREENWAY 10f8*tl*
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