Sartidia angolensis (C.E. Hubb.) De Winter

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Synonyms: Aristida angolensis C. E. Hubb.
Aristida vanderystii sensu Stent & Rattray, non De Wild
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Status: Native
Description:
Perennial up to 1-2 m. high, densely caespitose, with numerous intervaginal innovations. Culms erect, c. 2 mm. in diam., simple, very firm, solid, terete, glabrous, striate. Leaf-sheaths lax, smooth, often somewhat glossy, estriate in the lower part, finely puberulous and striate upwards. Ligule a dense rim of short cilia; auricles barbate. Leaf-laminae up to 35 x 0·2-0·4 cm., pilose at the base, densely scaberulous above, finely puberulous below. Panicle up to 40 cm. long, rigid, erect, narrow, slightly contracted, with few spikelets; axis nearly glabrous, striate, compressed, branches solitary or 2-nate, smooth or nearly smooth, bearing 1-few spikelets towards the ends. Spikelets pale-brown to pale-green. Glumes subequal, narrowly linear-lanceolate, chartaceous below, with a membranous acute apex; the inferior 2·5-3·3 cm. long, 5-nerved; the superior c. 2·5 cm. long, 3-nerved. Lemma 1·8-2·2 cm. long (excluding callus and awns), linear, coriaceous, glabrous, very finely scaberulous, margins membranous and involute in the lower part; callus 3·5-4mm. long, elongate, acute, densely and shortly barbate; column absent; awns 3, subequal, 7·5-10 cm. long, scaberulous, flattened and slightly grooved on the inner surface. Palea c. 3 mm. long, oblong. Caryopsis 9 mm. long, linear, dorso-ventrally compressed, grooved, dark-brown.
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Derivation of specific name: angolensis: of Angola
Habitat: In woodlands and burnt places in woodlands, usually on sandy soils
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, north-western south-western Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution: W,S
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Literature:

Launert, E. (1971). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(1) Pages 95 - 97. (Includes a picture).

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 109.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 144.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Sartidia angolensis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=104040, retrieved 31 October 2024

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