Capeochloa setacea (N.P.Barker) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder
LC Indigenous

Morphological description

Perennial 730-1000 mm high; rhizome short; base of plant glabrous; culm base bulbous, glabrous, straw-coloured. Leaf blade to 150 x ± 1 mm, basal, short and pungent. Inflorescence to 150 mm long, contracted, shortly branched. Spikelet 12-15 x 4-6 mm (excluding awns); glumes 9-13 mm long, 1-nerved; 3(-4)-flowered; lemma 8.5-11.0 mm long including 5-7 mm long lobes, awn to 5 mm long, back glabrous except for one tuft of white hairs on each margin halfway up lemma body; central awn 11-15 mm long, geniculate near base; anther 3.0-3.5 mm long. From: Mashau, AC; Fish, L. 2015. Capeochloa H.P.Linder & N.P.Barker. In: L Fish, AC Mashau, MJ Moeaha & MT Nembudani (eds), Identification guide to the southern Africa grasses. An identification manual with keys, descriptions and distributions. Strelitzia 36: 150-153. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Perennial to 1 m, bulbous below. Leaves linear, rolled, short and pungent. Spikelets in a contracted panicle, glumes 1-nerved, lemmas 8-11 mm long, with a tuft of hairs on each margin, awn 11-15 mm long, geniculate. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P; Linder, HP. 2012. Poaceae: Capeochloa N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 206-206. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Seeps and stream banks. From: Mashau, AC; Fish, L. 2015. Capeochloa H.P.Linder & N.P.Barker. In: L Fish, AC Mashau, MJ Moeaha & MT Nembudani (eds), Identification guide to the southern Africa grasses. An identification manual with keys, descriptions and distributions. Strelitzia 36: 150-153. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Seeps on sandstone and shale slopes. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P; Linder, HP. 2012. Poaceae: Capeochloa N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 206-206. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

Endemic. WC. From: Mashau, AC; Fish, L. 2015. Capeochloa H.P.Linder & N.P.Barker. In: L Fish, AC Mashau, MJ Moeaha & MT Nembudani (eds), Identification guide to the southern Africa grasses. An identification manual with keys, descriptions and distributions. Strelitzia 36: 150-153. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Cold Bokkeveld to Ceres. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P; Linder, HP. 2012. Poaceae: Capeochloa N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 206-206. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

November

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name
Capeochloa setacea (N.P.Barker) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder
Synonym(s)

Merxmuellera setacea N.P.Barker


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

ORDER Poales

FAMILY Poaceae

SPECIES setacea

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Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0700659-0 Collector(s) & number: Ellis, RP, 5499 | 1987-11-17

South Africa, Western Cape, GROOT WINTERHOEK; WILDERNESS AREA. NW OF GROENBERG. PLATEAU.DAMP SEEPAGE BANKS OF STREAM

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Barcode: PRE0593980-0 Collector(s) & number: Ellis, RP, 5500 | 1987-11-17

South Africa, Western Cape, GROOT WINTERHOEK; WILDERNESS AREA. NW OF GROENBERG. PLATEAU ALONG STREAM BANKS

General notes: Suurvlakte plateau. 1 year post fire. Damp seepage area along stream banks. Stiff pungent leaves and swollen rhizome. Voucher specimen.

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Barcode: PRE0700660-0 Collector(s) & number: Ellis, RP, 5500 | 1987-11-17

South Africa, Western Cape, Groot Winterhoek; Wilderness area. NW of Groenberg. Plateau along stream banks.

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Barcode: PRE0593981-0 Collector(s) & number: Ellis, RP, 5500 | 1987-11-17

South Africa, Western Cape, GROOT WINTERHOEK; WILDERNESS AREA. NW OF GROENBERG. PLATEAU ALONG STREAM BANKS

General notes: Suurvlakte plateau. 1 year post fire. Damp seepage area along stream banks. Stiff pungent leaves and swollen rhizome. Voucher specimen.

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Barcode: PRE0593979-0 Collector(s) & number: Ellis, RP, 5500 | 1987-11-17

South Africa, Western Cape, GROOT WINTERHOEK; WILDERNESS AREA. NW OF GROENBERG. PLATEAU ALONG STREAM BANKS

General notes: Suurvlakte plateau. 1 year post fire. Damp seepage area along stream banks. Stiff pungent leaves and swollen rhizome. Voucher specimen.

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Barcode: PRE0700696-0 Collector(s) & number: Ellis, RP, 5520 | 1987-11-19

South Africa, Western Cape, Skurweberge; 19 KM to Cedarberg through Blinkberg Pass from Intersection with Katbakkies Pass.

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SERIES CHAPTER

Capeochloa H.P.Linder & N.P.Barker Mashau, AC; Fish, L

In: L Fish, AC Mashau, MJ Moeaha & MT Nembudani (eds), Identification guide to the southern Africa grasses. An identification manual with keys, descriptions and distributions. Strelitzia 36: 150-153

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2012

SERIES CHAPTER

Poaceae: Capeochloa N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P; Linder, HP

In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 206-206

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

1991

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

A new species of Merxmuellera (Arundineae, Poaceae) from South Africa Barker, NP; Ellis, RP

Bothalia 21(1&2)27-34

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Status

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Assessor(s)

Plantae Coordinator

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