Entry for Megaloprotachne albescens C.E. Hubbard [family GRAMINEAE]
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 3, (1989) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
Megaloprotachne albescens C.E. Hubbard [family GRAMINEAE], in Kew Bull. 1929: 321 (1929). — Chippindall in Meredith, Grasses & Pastures of S. Afr.: 422 (1955). — Launert in Merxm., Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr. 160: 128 (1970). TAB. 37. Type from S. Africa.
Megaloprotachne glabrescens Roiv. [family GRAMINEAE], in Ann. Bot. Fenn. 11: 40 (1974). Type from Namibia.
Distribution
Botswana N 77 km. N. of Aha Hills on Namibian border, 13.iii.1965, Wild. & Drummond 6991 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Kazungula Quarantine Area, ii.1932, Trapnell 970 (K).Zimbabwe W Hwange Nat. Park, main Rd. to Shapi, 9.v.1967, Cleghorn 1672 (K; SRGH).Botswana SW c. 85 km. N. of Kang on Rd. to Ghanzi, 19.ii.1960, de Winter 7376 (K; PRE).Botswana SE Mahalapye Distr., Lephepe Pasture Res. St., Yalala 490 (K; SRGH).