Urochloa glomerata (Stapf) Oulo, Zon & Sosef, 2023

Oulo, M., Zon, A. P. M. van der & Sosef, M. S. M., 2023, New combinations in and typification of tropical African species of Urochloa (incl. Brachiaria) (Poaceae), Blumea 68 (2), pp. 73-84 : 77

Urochloa glomerata (Stapf) Oulo, Zon & Sosef , comb. nov.

Panicum glomeratum Hack. ex Schinz (1888) 141, nom. superfl., illeg., non Moench (1794). — Leucophrys glomerata Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9 (1919) 504, 547. — Brachiaria glomerata (Stapf) A. Camus (1931) 640. — Lectotype (designated here): H. Schinz 640 (lecto Z [Z-000073332]; isolecto K [K000281968]), Namibia, Gross-Namaland, near Gubub, Feb. 1885.

Distribution — Native to Angola, Namibia, Botswana and

South Africa.

Nomenclatural notes — Schinz (1888) cited three specimens from Namibia: H. Schinz 640, Luderitz s.n. and S.T. Hoepfner 79. The first is selected as the lectotype collection because the author himself collected the specimen. Duplicates were found in K and Z; since Schinz worked in Z, that duplicate was selected as the lectotype. W and US hold specimens collected by Schinz in the same locality, but since they do not carry a number, it seems best not to regard them as duplicates of the same collection .