African Plant Database


Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth
Family : POACEAE
Protologue : Révis. Gramin. i. 91. 1: 91 (1829)
Information on the genus : Leptochloa
Basionym : Festuca fusca L.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. (1812)
 Diplachne fusca (L.) Stapf
 Festuca fusca L.
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Leptochloa neuroglossa Eichinger ex Peter
=Poa malabarica L.
=Leptochloa malabarica (L.) Veldkamp
=*Diplachne malabarica (L.) Merr. (1933)
=Diplachne pallida Hack. (1895)
=Diplachne fusca var. alba (Hochst.) Chiov. (1929)
=*Diplachne alba Hochst. (1842)
=Tridens capensis Nees (1832)
=Diplachne capensis (Nees) Nees (1841)
=Uralepis capensis (Nees) Steud. (1854)
=Triodia capensis (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz (1894)
=Diplachne livida Nees (1841)
=Triodia livida (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz (1894)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Graminoid- Ht up to 1.55 m. Alt: 2 - 2000 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, WC, SWZ

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Fl. Zambes. 10[2]: 25 (1999).

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • BOULOS, L. (1995). Flora of Egypt. Checklist. Al-Hadara Publishing, Cairo. 283 p. [p.]
  • BOULOS, L. (2005). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 4] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p.247]
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU
 
Map
carte afrique num 49705
 
Record n°49705 modified 2008-12-05
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