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G.047. Oxytenanthera
Description of the genus
Shrub or small tree. Culms woody. Inflorescence of dense spherical clusters of spikelets, at the tips of leafy branchlets, the clusters sometimes confluent. Spikelets subtended by several short papery bracts, 1-2-flowered, 1(-2) upper florets bisexual, the lower barren; glumes round on the back, 17-30-nerved, 2-4 persistent plus 1-2 deciduous with fl; lemmas 26-32-nerved, the tip pungent. Stamens 6. Fruit a caryopsis. Worldwide: 1 species in tropical Africa. |
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Other sources of information about Oxytenanthera:
Flora of Mozambique: OxytenantheraePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Oxytenanthera
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Oxytenanthera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Oxytenanthera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oxytenanthera
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Oxytenanthera
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Oxytenanthera
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