| Home | > | List of families | > | Poaceae | > | Setaria | > | megaphylla |
Setaria megaphylla
Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
Records and maps: Display species records Map species by: altitude rainfall geology Map species using Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Setaria chevalieri Stapf |
| Common names: | Broad-leaved bristle-grass (English) Vumba grass (English) |
| Frequency: | Common in E Highlands; local elsewhere |
| Status: | Native in E division; probably introduced around Harare |
| Description: |
Robust perennial tufted grass, up to 2.5m. Leaves pleated, long and broad. Inflorescence an open panicle. Most parts, particularly the lower culms, densely covered in irritating hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | megaphylla: large-leaved |
| Habitat: | Occurring in forest and plantations, and in shady locations in woodland and along streams. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Melanitis leda helena (Common twilight brown) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 25 January 2007 |
| Literature: |
Comments
comments powered by DisqusOther sources of information about Setaria megaphylla:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Setaria megaphylla pageFlora of Mozambique: Setaria megaphylla
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Setaria megaphylla
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Setaria megaphylla
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Setaria megaphylla
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Setaria megaphylla
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Setaria megaphylla
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Setaria megaphylla
JSTOR Plant Science: Setaria megaphylla
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Setaria megaphylla
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Setaria megaphylla
Tropicos: Setaria megaphylla
West African Plants database: Setaria megaphylla
| Home | > | List of families | > | Poaceae | > | Setaria | > | megaphylla |