G.598. Thelepogon Roem. & Schult.

Description of the genus

Annual. Leaf lamina broad. Inflorescence a terminal cluster of racemes; rhachis internodes thickened, clavate, glabrous. Spikelets of each pair markedly different; the sessile fertile, the pedicellate 0, represented by a flattened pedicel. Sessile spikelet dorsally flattened; lower floret male; lower glume coarsely rugose; upper rugose; upper lemma 2-fid with a glabrous awn.

Worldwide: 1 species widespread in tropical Africa and India to Indonesia

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
elegans Roem. & Schult.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W

Other sources of information about Thelepogon:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Thelepogon
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Thelepogon
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Thelepogon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Thelepogon
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Thelepogon
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Thelepogon

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Thelepogon.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=238, retrieved 21 May 2013

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