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| Synonyms: |
Panicum verruciferum Mez |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual with slender culms 25–70 cm. high. Leaf laminae 4–10 cm. long, narrowly lanceolate. Panicle 5–12 cm. long, ovate or oblong. Spikelets (1.8)2–2.5 mm. long, ovate to elliptic, glabrous; inferior glume 2/3 the length of the spikelet, 3-nerved; superior glume 5-nerved; inferior lemma 5-nerved, enclosing a male flower, its palea well developed; superior lemma and palea verruculose |
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| Habitat: | Woodland on stony or arenaceous soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 19. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 50. 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. |
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