Hyperthelia dissoluta (Steud.) Clayton

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Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
93900017 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer
3063
MM Hochobes
WIND

Occasional in marshland.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C1 0Tall marshland grass with untidy inflorescence, 1.6 m high. Inflorescence fanning out and in regular intervals along the culms. Spikelets with long brown wiry awns.-17.69333324.1544445
93157024 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1427
C Mannheimer
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C4 10162 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green 2 m high grass. Leaves ovate, tapering to a sharp point. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Occasional.-17.97583022.4833305
93438023 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1418
C Mannheimer
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Kongola Airstrip, in a westerly direction.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1 9982 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green in colour grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.-17.74972023.1594405
95399020 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1335
C Mannheimer
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A1 1027grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate.-18.04417022.0116702
94859018 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
389
WIND

Caprivi: Inkasa Island: malapo on banks of Linyanti river.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930Graminoid; Notes: Tall tufted, perennial grass, up to 1.5 m when in flower. Culm erect to slightly geniculate at base reed-like, terete, dull green to beige with nodes marked by purplish band, glabrous. Leaf blade tightly rolled, basally concentrated, 10 - 15 cm long, base clearly auriculate, dull green, glabrous, rigid, margins scabrous. Ligule a membranous ridge without indumentum, pale brown. Leaf base loosely circumculmate, becoming only slightly imbricate at extreme base, glabrous. Inflorescence an open, interrupted panicle, subtended by foliaceous spathe, up to 50 cm long. Racemes subtended by foliaceous spathes, 20 cm long, ca. 4 - 6 spikelets per raceme. Spikelet subtended by lanceolate spathe, 3-flowered, 1 cm long. Awn twisted, yellowish, bent, 80 mm long with dense white adpressed indumentum. Stalks with dense, white, bristly indumentum.-17.78330025.2075005
94340016 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
291
WIND

Caprivi: 32 km along Chinchimane turn-off from National road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C3 0Graminoid; Notes: Tall, erectly tufted perennial grass, up to 1.5 m when in flower. Culms basally slightly geniculate but generally ascending, reed-like, hollow, sturdy, rigid, pale green to yellowish straw-coloured, terete, glaucous, glabrous, nodes not conspicuously gibbose, dark-banded, unbranched. Leaf blade linear, up to 50 cm long, expanded to involute but seldom rolled, dull bluish-green, reddish tinted, tapering gradually to very fine apex, minutely setulose especially along margins, rigid and hard to the touch, base not auriculate. Ligule membranous ridged with scattered, soft, white indumentum continuous onto collar region. Leaf sheath apically with 2 projections on either side of culm, upper margin with long white ciliate indumentum, open and keeled, imbricate at base, deeply canaliculate, straw-coloured with pink-red tinge, glabrous. Inflorescence a complex arrangement of spathulate racemes in spathulate panicle, elongate in broad outline, 25 - 35 x 2.5 cm. Spathes red to yellow-brown glabrous. Spikelets narrowly ellipsoid, 10 x 1 - 1.5 mm, heterogenous; female spikelet bearing long, twisted, hairy awn, sessile; male spikelet stalked, awnless. Glumes glabrous, occasionally ciliate; stalks densely pubescent.-17.87500024.1250004
94518010 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
220
WIND

Caprivi: 2 km of Bukalo on road to Katima Mulilo grassy malapo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D1 0Graminoid; Notes: Tall, tufted, perennial grass, up to 2 m high when in flower. Culms erect, reed-like, terete, pinkish yellow, slightly glaucous, glabrous, nodes orange-brown-banded, stiff, rigid. Leaf blade inconspicuous between dense peduncles, expanded, gradually tapering over a length of up to 35 cm, broadest at base, 12 mm, auriculate, smooth but parchment-like to the touch, glabrous, adaxially canaliculate. Ligule a narrow, rounded, membranous, brown ridge. Leaf sheath short, mostly 10 cm long, not overlapping, glabrous, dull green but brown to purple-tinted at base. Inflorescence an axillary panicle, 20 - 25 cm long, borne on short, slender peduncle, usually 80 - 100 mm long, pinkish yellow. Raceme sheathed; spathe lanceolate 80 mm long, as for leaf blade. Spikelet large, ellipsoid, 20 mm long with single awn. Awn long, undulate, up to 10 cm long, dark brown, apically contorted, covered in short dense bristles. Stigma purple-black.-17.62500024.6250004
95207016 Jun 1971JWH Giess
JWH Giess
11409
JWH Giess
WIND

Clay, grey-black ground.Caprivi: At Dikundu (19.2 km south of Andara, on haversted mahangofield).0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A2 0Perennial.-18.12500021.3750002

Total records found: 8



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Records of: Hyperthelia dissoluta.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=109040, retrieved 26 April 2024

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