Habrochloa Bullockii CE Hubbard. Hook. Ic. Pl. Vii. T
Habrochloa bullockii C. E. Hubbard. Hook. Ic. Pl. vii. t. 3645 (1967). Accepted by: W.D.Clayton & K.Harman, GrassBase (2008) and online, U.Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Grasses (2006). TYPE from Zambia. T:<Type of Basionym>: fide TROPICOS and Kew Synonomy Database: Zambia, Kalambo Falls: Bullock 2857 (K holo). Illustrations (Books): R.M.Polhill, F.T.E.A., Gramineae (1(1970):134, Fig.44), G.V.Pope et al., Flora Zambesiaca 10 (2(1999):24, t. 11). Illustrations (Journals): Hooker's Icones Plantarum (t.3644 (1967)). Derivation (Clifford & Bostock 2007): in honor of Arthur Allman Bullock (1906–1980) English botanist. Classification . Subfamily Chloridoideae. Tribe: Chlordoideae incertae sedis. Habit, Vegetative Morphology . Annual. Culms erect or geniculately ascending, 10–25 cm long. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades 3–7 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, flaccid. Leaf-blade surface glabrous or pilose, sparsely hairy. Leaf-blade margins unthickened. Inflorescence . Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open, oblong or ovate, 2–7 cm long. Panicle branches capillary. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels present. Fertile Spikelets . Spikelets comprising 3–5 fertile florets, with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets of 2 or more fertile florets. Spikelets one-many-flowered - if two-flowered then both fertile or the upper sterile. Spikelets oblong, laterally compressed, 2–2.5 mm long, breaking up at maturity, disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus pubescent, obtuse. Glumes . Glumes persistent, similar, reaching apex of florets, similar to fertile lemma in texture. Lower glume lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm long, 0.75 length of upper glume, membranous, 1-keeled, 1 -veined.
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