Piptophyllum welwitschii (Rendle) C.E.Hubb.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pentaschistis welwitschii Rendle
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: May 1857 (Hardio et al., 2021)
Distribution
Pungo-Andongo & Tunda Quilombo, Angola
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rendle, A. B. (1899). Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61: monocotyledons and gymnosperms. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).
Other references:
Hardion, Laurent et al. (2021). Plastome sequencing of a 167-year-old herbarium specimen and classical morphology resolve the systematics of two potentially extinct grass species. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 195(2): 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa065 [Abstract]