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| Synonyms: |
Melinis minutiflora var. effusa Rendle |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted perennial. Culms (59)70–130(160) cm. high, ascending, rarely erect. Leaf laminae (1.5)3–11(14) cm. long, (2)3–8(11) mm. wide, flat, often densely tomentose. Panicle (6)8–20(27) cm. long, ovate to narrowly ovate. Pedicels with a few long hairs towards the apex, scabrous. Spikelets 1.4–1.8 mm. long, narrowly ovate to oblong. Inferior glume (0.1)0.2–0.4(0.5) mm. long, ovate, inserted close to the superior; superior glume 7-nerved, awnless or mucronate, membranous, obtusely bilobed, glabrous to sparsely haity. Inferior floret barren without a palea, its lemma 5-nerved, acutely bilobed, equalling the superior glume but narrower with an awn 2–10 mm. long, rarely awnless. |
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| Habitat: | Grassland, rarely Brachystegia woodland, often at anthropogenic sites and streamsides |
| Altitude range: | 1000 - 2200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Northwards to Ghana and Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Malawi distribution: | N,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 124. 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 106. |
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