Coelachyrum burttii

Coelachyrum burttii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Coelachyrum
Species:
C. burttii
Binomial name
Coelachyrum burttii
(C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson
Synonyms[1][2]

Apochiton burttii C.E.Hubb.

Coelachyrum burttii is a species of grass. it is a loosely tufted annual native to the Kondoa District of north-central Tanzania.[3][4] Its leaf blades are up to 30 cm. long and 4 mm. wide, glabrous or sparsely hairy on the upper side. Culms are 20 to 90 cm high, erect or sharply bent and rooting at lower nodes. It grows in grey sandy seasonally-wet soils in deciduous bushland and farm fallows between 1100 and 1600 meters elevation.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Coelachyrum burttii (C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  2. ^ Hubbard, Charles Edward 1936. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 34: §3319
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449
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