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| Synonyms: |
Panicum aphanoneurum Stapf Panicum purpurascens Mez |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted perennial with robust unbranched or sparsely branched culms 60–230 cm. high. Leaf laminae 25–50 cm. long and 3–12 mm. wide, linear, tapering to a pungent apex. Panicle 15–45 cm. long, oblong, moderately to much branched, the branches appressed or ascending, loose or contracted. Spikelets mostly shortly pedicelled, 2–2.5 mm. long, ovate, glabrous; inferior glume 1/2–2/3 the length of the spikelet, broadly ovate, (1)3–5-nerved, recurved acuminate or produced into an awn point; superior glume 5(7)-nerved, ovate, recurved acute or acuminate; inferior lemma 5-nerved, ovate, acute to acuminate, its palea well developed, enclosing a male flower, superior lemma smooth and glossy. |
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| Habitat: | in wet grassland |
| Altitude range: | 350 - 1630 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Distributed throughout tropical Africa |
| Malawi distribution: | C,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 42. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 24 - 25. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 479. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 107. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 142. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 191. |
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