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Published In: Flora Capensis 7: 632. 1900. (May 1900) (Fl. Cap.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. & Fr. Per. July-October or November.
Type: Type: Egypt, Hasselquist
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Punjab, N.W.F.P. & Kashmir); through-out the Middle East to Indo-China; North and tropical Africa.
Comment/Acknowledgements: On account of the existence of the genus Desmostachys Planch. (Olacinaceae, 1882) the new generic name Stapfiola was proposed by Kuntze (1903) for Desmostachya Stapf. This new name has not been generally accepted and it is expressly stated in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (1961 edition, Art. 75) that Desmostachya is not likely to be confused with Desmostachys and is therefore to be maintained as a valid generic name. Opinions about the economic usefulness of this grass vary. Duthie reports that cattle will not normally eat it although buffalo do, while Blatter & McCann point out that in Afghanistan it is considered to be a good fodder gross.
Illustration: Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf (Illustration)
Map Location: B-6 Peshawar Dist.: Mian Kalai, S.A. Harriss 16813 (K); B-7 Swat dist.: 10 miles from Pir Baba on way to Saidu Sharif, Sultanul Abedin 8339 (KUH); C-7 Jhelum dist.: J.E.T. Aitchison 154 (K); Rawalpindi dist.: Dhamyal, October 1939, Mohindar Nath s.n. (KUH); 12-15 miles NW of Rawalpindi, 2000', H.S. Gentry 14023 (K); Jawan River, 1600',30 May 1951, M. Younas Kiani s.n. (RAW) Attock dist.: Khairabad near Attock, R.R. Stewart 27833 (KUH); Kashmir: Mirpur to Kotli, 25 April 1954, A. Rashid Khan & R.R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); D-4 Quetta dist.: 7 October 1889, J.F. Duthie s.n. (K); D-5 Loralai dist.: Tatli Village near Loralai, Mohindar Nath 6046 (RAW); F-5 Larkana dist.: Mohenjo Daro, F.R. Fosberg 56909 (K, US); Sukkur dist.: NW of Sukkur, J.S. Anderson & I.C. Peterson 480 (K); G-2 Makran dist.: c.20 miles from Sunstar on way to Mand, M. Qaiser, Asad Raza & Abrar Hussain 1027 (KUH); G-4 Karachi dist.: Jemindar Ka Landa, near Karachi, 1851, J.E. Stocks s.n. (K); Thatta dist.: Guju, A. Ghafoor, M. Qaiser & Abrar Hussain 42 (KUH); G-5 Hyderabad dist.: Agricultural College, Tando Jam, J.J. Norris 125 (RAW); Gharo, 29 June 1966 ,Khadija Aziz s.n. (KUH); G-6 Tharparkar dist.: Nagar Parkar Hills, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4063 (K).

 

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Harsh tussocky rihozomatous perennial; culms stout, up to 1.2 m high. Leaf-blades up to 65 cm long, 3.8-10.5 mm wide when unrolled; lower leaf-sheaths leathery, often densely flabellate towards the base of the culm. Inflorescence up to 60 cm long; spikes clustered or spaced, 14 cm long. Spikelets 3-17-flowered, narrowly ovate to linear-oblong, 3-10 mm long; lower glume 0.7-1.5 mm long, upper glume 1.1-2.0 mm long; lemmas straw-coloured or suffused with purple, 1.8-2.7 mm long.
 
 
 
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