G.611. Diheteropogon (Hack.) Stapf

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Racemes mostly in pairs, terminal or arranged in a spatheate false panicle. Sessile spikelet: callus acute to pungent, long; lower glume with a narrow median groove; lower floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; upper floret bisexual; upper lemma 2-lobed with a terminal bigeniculate awn. Pedicellate spikelet male or sterile, much longer than the sessile spikelet.

Worldwide: 5 species in tropical and S Africa

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
amplectens (Nees) Clayton var. catangensis (Chiov.) Clayton	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E,S
amplectens (Nees) Clayton var. amplectens	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W
filifolius (Nees) Clayton	Altitude Rainfall Geology	C,E

Other sources of information about Diheteropogon:

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

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

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Diheteropogon.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=245, retrieved 19 May 2013

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