Hyparrhenia rufa subsp. altissima*

Hyparrhenia rufa subsp. altissima*
(Stapf) B.K. Simon. Austrobaileya 3(1): 86 (1989).

Classification.
Basionym and/or Replacement Name:  Hyparrhenia altissima Stapf, Fl.
Trop. Afr.
9(2): 307–308 (1919).

Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information
: Ethiopia, Schimper
s.n.
(IT: K) Plants cultivated at Karlsruhe
from seed collected by Schimper.

Illustrations:
[2008] S.W.L.Jacobs, R.D.B.Whalley & D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South
Wales
, 4th edn (282).

Australian
Distribution
: Queensland, New South Wales.

Notes. A
savanna grass from high altitude savannas of Africa and found naturalised in
northern Qld and the Newcastle region of
N.S.W. Flowers Mar., May--June.

AVH 2011

 

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith