Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part (Part 2), page 177, (1974) Author: W. D. CLAYTON, S. M. PHILLIPS AND S. A. RENVOIZE
Names
ISACHNE mauritiana Kunth [family POACEAE], ,Rév. Gram. 1: 243, t. 33 (1830); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 420 (1972). Type: Mauritius (P, holo.)
ISACHNE aethiopica Stapf & C. E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1933: 300 (1933) & in F.T.A. 9: 1092 (1934); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 36 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 25 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 132 (1955); R.K.G.: 36 (1958); I.G.U.: 38 (1960); G.T.: 54 (1965). Type: Tanzania, E. Usambara Mts., Amani, Greenway 1671 (K, holo. !, EA, iso.!)
Distribution
KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Kitale, 30 Oct. 1953, Bogdan 3809 !KENYA N. Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, 25 Aug. 1946, Greenway 7878 ! & 9 Dec. 1956, Verdcourt 1655 !KENYA Teita District Mt. Sagala, 4 Feb. 1953, Bally 8704 !TANZANIA Kilimanjaro, 2 Feb. 1934, Schlieben 4686 !TANZANIA E. Usambara Mts., Kwamkoro, 19 July 1950, Verdcourt 289 !TANZANIA Uluguru Mts., Salaza Forest S. of Bunduki, 15 Mar. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1617 !UGANDA Toro District Nyamagasani valley, Jan. 1935, Synge 1636 ! & Toro, Snowden 66 !UGANDA Masaka District near Mpungwe [? = Mpugwe], 27 June 1929, Snowden 1389 !