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(Last Modified On 12/23/2016)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 8/10/2017)
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Description:
Plants (50–)70–120 cm high. Cataphylls firm to coriaceous, often puberulent. Leaves borne on the flowering stem, 4–6(–7), at least the lower two basal or nearly so, narrowly lanceolate to more or less linear, (5–)10–20(–30) mm wide, about half as long as the spike, firm-textured with moderately raised and thickened midrib and margins, the upper one or two leaves cauline and sheathing for at least half their length, sometimes entirely, often imbricate. Spike (2–)3- to 7(–10)-flowered; bracts herbaceous, (3.5–)4–7 cm long. Flowers with the tube 35–45 mm long, dorsal tepal (35–)40–50 mm long. Filaments 25–30 mm long, exserted 15–20 mm from the tube; anthers 12–16 mm long, pale yellow. Chromosome number 2n = 30, 60, 90. Flowering time: usually at least 5–6 weeks after the onset of the rainy season, December to May (to June) in southern and east tropical Africa and Madagascar; late May to August in western and central Africa; mostly August and September in Ethiopia.
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Distribution and ecology:
the entire range of the species.
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Specimens whose coordinates are enclosed in square brackets [ ] have been mapped to a standard reference mark based on political
units.
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Africa & Madagascar
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Cameroon
Northwest:
2200 - 2600 m,
06°09'00"N 010°33'00"E,
April 1986,
Duncan W. Thomas & H.L. Macleod 6047
(MO)
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Tanzania
Arusha, Monduli:
2377 m,
02°51'26"S 036°12'48"E,
18 February 2001,
Gabriel Simon Laizer & John A. Mlangwa 798
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Tanzania
Arusha, Monduli:
2610 m,
02°53'57"S 036°14'17"E,
5 April 2000,
John A. Mlangwa & William J. Kindeketa 785
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Uganda
Southern:
1900 m,
00°15'00"S 030°31'00"E,
16 January 1989,
P.K. Rwaburindore 2758
(MO)
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Uganda
Southern:
1800 m,
00°20'00"S 030°30'00"E,
20 August 1992,
P.K. Rwaburindore 3437
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Uganda
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1200m,
00°24'00"N 032°41'00"E,
3 June 1994,
P.K. Rwaburindore 3737
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Uganda
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1770 m,
00°22'00"S 030°29'00"E,
20 Oct 1992,
P.K. Rwaburindore s.n.
(MO)
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Uganda
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1800 m,
00°20'00"S 030°30'00"E,
20 Aug 1992,
P.K. Rwaburindore s.n.
(MO)
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Uganda
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1550 m,
00°22'00"S 030°29'00"E,
12 Sept 1992,
P.K. Rwaburindore s.n.
(MO)
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Uganda
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1770 m,
00°22'00"S 030°29'00"E,
6 Nov 1992,
P.K. Rwaburindore s.n.
(MO)
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Uganda
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1800 m,
00°23'00"S 030°28'00"E,
8 Sept 1992,
P.K. Rwaburindore s.n.
(MO)
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Uganda
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2000 m,
00°15'00"S 030°31'00"E,
28 Sept 1992,
P.K. Rwaburindore s.n.
(MO)
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Tanzania
Arusha, Monduli:
T2, Longido Mountain.,
1930 m,
02°41'15"S 036°41'28"E,
8/6/1999,
Peter B. Phillipson 5079
(MO)
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Tanzania
Mbeya, Mbeya Rural:
2500 m,
08°50'00"S 033°22'00"E,
21 April 1991,
Peter Lovett & C.J. Kayombo 15
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Kilosa:
2170 m,
07°07'00"S 036°38'00"E,
04 Jun 05,
W.R.Q. Luke, P. A. Luke, Moses A. Mwangoka, L. Festo & Sharon A. Bodine 11133
(NHT)
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Morogoro Rural:
2320 m,
07°06'49"S 037°36'37"E,
9 February 2001,
Wiland, Justyna & Emanuel I. Mboya 58
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Tanzania
Rukwa, Mpanda:
1237 m,
05°26'55"S 030°35'48"E,
22 December 2002,
Y.S. Abeid 1374
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Tanzania
Pwani, Bagamoyo:
Zaraninge Forest Reserve, near WWF office.,
200 m,
06°08'00"S 038°38'00"E,
12/2/1999,
Y.S. Abeid 456
(MO)
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Tanzania
Pwani, Bagamoyo:
150 m,
06°04'00"S 038°33'00"E,
14 February 2001,
Y.S. Abeid 848
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Tanzania
Iringa, Makete:
2580 m,
09°02'00"S 033°55'00"E,
21 February 2009,
Y.S. Abeid & R. Salter 3017
(NHT)
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Tanzania
Iringa, Makete:
2580 m,
09°02'00"S 033°55'00"E,
21 February 2009,
Y.S. Abeid & R. Salter 3017
(TFD)
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Tanzania
Iringa, Makete:
2580 m,
09°02'00"S 033°55'00"E,
21 February 2009,
Y.S. Abeid & R. Salter 3017
(MO)
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Tanzania
Iringa, Makete:
2580 m,
09°02'00"S 033°55'00"E,
21 February 2009,
Y.S. Abeid & R. Salter 3017
(SHCP)
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