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DIANDROCHLOA De Winter
STIBURUS Stapf
Poilecot, P. (2007) Eragrostis species of Zimbabwe Éditions Quae,Versailles, France
Annuals or perennials, often glandular, particularly on the leaf sheaths and inflorescence. Ligule a ciliate rim, rarely membranous (japonica only). Inflorescence an open, contracted or spike-like panicle, the branches sometimes racemose. Spikelets laterally flattened, awnless; glumes usually ± equal, 1-nerved. Lemmas 3-nerved; palea a little shorter than the lemma; anthers 2-3. Caryopsis usually spherical to ellipsoid. Derivation of name: Greek combination, probably meaning love-grass. Worldwide: c. 300 species in both temperate and tropical zones Malawi: 47 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiopica Chiov. | S | Description, Image |
| amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn. | C | Description |
| arenicola C.E. Hubb. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| aspera (Jacq.) Nees | N,C,S | Description |
| botryodes Clayton | C | Description |
| canescens C.E. Hubb. | ||
| caniflora Rendle | N,S | Description |
| capensis (Thunb.) Trin. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| castellaneana Buscal. & Muschl. | N,C | Description |
| chapelieri (Kunth) Nees | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. | N,C,S | Description |
| ciliaris (L.) R. Br. | N,C,S | Description |
| congesta Oliv. | N,S | Description, Image |
| cylindriflora Hochst. | C,S | Description, Image |
| exasperata Peter | N | |
| exelliana Launert | ||
| fastigiata Cope[End] | S | |
| flavicans Rendle | S | |
| gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. | N,C,S | Description |
| heteromera Stapf | C,S | Description |
| hierniana Rendle | N,C | Description |
| hispida K. Schum. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| homblei De Wild. | ||
| inamoena K. Schum. | C,S | Description, Image |
| japonica (Thunb.) Trin. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| lappula Nees | N,C | Description |
| mollior Pilg. ex R.E. Fr. | N | Description, Image |
| nindensis Ficalho & Hiern | S | Description |
| olivacea Pilg. | ||
| paniciformis (A. Braun) Steud. | C | |
| paradoxa Launert | N | Description |
| patens Oliv. | N,S | Description, Image |
| patentipilosa Hack. | C | Description, Image |
| pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. | C | Description |
| plana Nees | N,C | Description, Image |
| racemosa (Thunb.) Steud. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| rotifer Rendle | S | Description |
| schweinfurthii Chiov. | N | |
| sclerantha Nees subsp. villosipes (Jedwabn.) Launert | N,C | Description |
| superba Peyr. | S | Description, Image |
| sylviae Cope[End] | S | |
| tef (Zuccagni) Trotter | S | Description |
| tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. | N,S | Description, Image |
| tremula Hochst. ex Steud. | N,C,S | Description |
| viscosa (Retz.) Trin. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| volkensii Pilg. | N,S | Description |
| welwitschii Rendle | N,S | Description |
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