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| Synonyms: |
Panicum radula Mez |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust, often hispid tufted perennial with culms 100–200 cm. high. Leaf laminae 20–35 cm. long and 7–15 mm. wide, flat, acuminate. Panicle (20)25–35 cm. long, elliptic-oblong, moderately to much branched, the branches ascending. Spikelets (2)2.5–3 mm. long, ovate-elliptic, sharply acute; inferior glume 1/4–1/3 the length of the spikelet, ovate 1(3)-nerved; superior glume 9-nerved; inferior lemma similar to the superior glume, male. |
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| Habitat: | Swampy and seasonally damp places on heavy clay soils |
| Altitude range: | 90 - 1900 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Namibia, northwards to Uganda and Kenya, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Malawi distribution: | C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 31. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 51. 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. |
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