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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. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): OxytenantheraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oxytenanthera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Oxytenanthera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Oxytenanthera
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iNaturalist: Oxytenanthera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oxytenanthera
JSTOR Plant Science: Oxytenanthera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oxytenanthera
Plants of the World Online: Oxytenanthera
Tropicos: Oxytenanthera
Wikipedia: Oxytenanthera
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