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| Synonyms: |
Lasiurus epectinatus Napper Loxodera epectinata (Napper) Launert Phacelurus caespitosus C.E. Hubb. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Densely caespitose perennial; culms up to 100 cm high; leaf laminas 5–30 cm × 2–5 mm. Raceme 6–10 cm long, stiff, grey; internodes clavate, pubescent, the scarious rim at the summit incomplete and exposing much of the callus. Sessile spikelet narrowly oblong-elliptic; inferior glume 5–7 mm long, glabrous or pubescent only towards the apex, the nerves prominently raised and rib-like, the margins not muricate. Pedicelled spikelet almost as long as the sessile, sometimes reduced. |
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| Habitat: | Growing in upland dambos and along riverbanks |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 - 1550 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Pages 154 - 155. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 106. |
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