Panicum delicatulum Fig. & de Not.

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Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Panicum caudiglume Stapf Panicum nyassense Napper
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual grass with weak, erect or ascending culms mostly 10–30 cm high. Leaves lanceolate, 3–8 cm long and 5–12 mm wide, thin, flat, acuminate. Panicle ovate, 3–8 cm long, moderately to much branched with very fine branches. Spikelets ovate, 2–2.5 mm long, hairy, acuminate; inferior glume 1/5–1/4 the length of the spikelet; superior glume 3-veined, acuminate; inferior lemma 3-veined; superior lemma pallid, glossy.
Type location:	Sudan
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Derivation of specific name:	delicatulum: very delicate.
Habitat:	Submontane forest
Altitude range: (metres)	1500 - 2400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
National distribution:	N,C,S
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 3 October 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 357. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 38 - 39. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 50. As Panicum caudiglume Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 133.

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