Poaceae
Enneapogon

Enneapogon limpopoensis Mashau

First published in Kew Bull. 74(1)-4: 1 (2019)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to Limpopo. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Mashau, A.C. & Coetzee, A.L. (2019). Enneapogon limpopoensis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae): a new species from southern Africa. Kew Bulletin 74: 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-019-9792-7

Type
South Africa, Limpopo Province, Pafuri: Kruger National Park, Saselandonga valley on the Mozambique border, 22 Feb. 1978, R. P. Ellis 3208 (holotype PRE!).
Morphology General Habit
Tufted robust, reed-like perennial, 55 – 110 cm high; culm hard robust, stiff, erect, nodes not exposed, unbranched basally, profusely branched on the most upper part, upper part appears very leafy due to cauline leaves
Morphology Leaves
Leaf blade to 170 × 3 – 4 mm, expanded, flat, deciduous; ligule a fringe of hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence open, but narrow, branched
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelet 6.0 – 7.5 mm long (including awns), 3- or 4-flowered; third floret tiny, represented only by a tuft of awns; glumes pallid to light grey, unequal, glabrous to minutely pubescent; lemma awns plumose for 2/3 of their length; hairs at base of lemma and around the callus up to 0.8 mm long, usually shorter; anther 1.5 – 2.0 mm long.
Note
Enneapogon limpopoensis is closely related to E. scoparius, both have a tiny third floret, reduced to a tuft of awns; lemma awns plumose for 2/3 of their length.
Distribution
It is possibly endemic in Zimbabwe and South Africa (Limpopo Province)
[KBu]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0