Dactyloctenium giganteum B.S. Fisher & Schweick.

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
36661015 Jan 2011MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Sandy open grassy ridgeRoad from Main Road to Vundu Camp590Zimbabwe1529C4 N370-15.75090029.3582407
2718509 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Disturbed grassy areaDeteema Dam Hide50Zimbabwe1826C1 W980-18.67371026.1466200
93328021 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1383
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Omega III in omuramba.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 102870 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 70 cm high grass. Culm nodes purple coloured. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a soft, digitate raceme. Occasional, in sandy soil, in full sun.-17.85194022.9105605
95381020 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1359
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A1 102690 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme, junction of raceme branches hairy. Occasional.-18.04500022.1030602
8182704 Mar 1996NB Zimba
NB Zimba
763
L Fish
PRE

On sandy soils; under forest thickets; Sesheke District; Mulobezi, 27 km west of Mulobezi, 7 km off the Mulobezi-Sesheke Road, 2 km from Namena Settlement in Kazu National Forest. 0Zambia B1020Rare; to 2.5 m; plant attracts bees and other insects around its internodes and sheaths; inflorescence brown-green; fruits with spiky hairs.0
81826018 Jan 1994MG Bingham
MG Bingham
9953
MG Bingham
Sandy dambo. Lusaka District; Lusaka N 30 km, Karubwe dambo. 0Zambia 00
16729017 Feb 1990MA Hyde
H Runhaar
By a stream close to the dirt roadOn the N side of the abandoned Gleneagles Golf Course10Zimbabwe1730D4 TR802219C00
94328015 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
271
WIND

Caprivi: 7 km along turn-off to Chinchimane from National Road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C3 0Graminoid; Notes: Annual grass, tufted, up to 0,5 m high, when in flower. Culms erect to slightly geniculate at base, unbranched, relatively slender, terete, almost entirely enclosed by leaf sheaths, nodes green-brown-banded, somewhat intended. Leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, 10 - 20 cm long, gradually tapering, at most 10 mm broad but normally narrower, expanded, softly textured, bright green, mostly ascending but occasionally recurved, about glabrous, margins harshly scabrous due the thickened edges bearing stiff, long, white, bulbous-based hairs, base slightly auriculate, dark-brown tinted. Ligule a membranous, narrow, brown frill bearing long, white, conspicuous indumentum. Leaf base not tightly circumculmate, often open to base, 50 - 90 mm long, overlapping pale dull green, about glabrous. Inflorescence a spike arranged digitately (3 - 5) at terminal end of peduncle, about 6 cm long, somewhat ascending to spreading; peduncle slender, erect, terete, glabrous, enveloped by upper leaf to large extent. Spikelets arranged densely on undersurface of axis, ellipsoid but laterally flattened, interspersed with long, white hairs; awns longer than spikelets, slightly bent, sturdy, greenish; base of secondary axis blackish with dense, white velutinous indumentum. Anthers about 1 mm long, bearing orange-yellow pollen. Terminalia sericea woodland.-17.87500024.1250004
1672804 May 1986MA Hyde
Growing on central reservation of Samora Machel Avenue, just west of the crossroads with Rotten Row10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR921279C0One large plant0
93814014 Feb 1969B de Winter
B de Winter
9172
WIND

Caprivi: Found in all parts of Caprivi except swamps. 38 miles south-west of Katima Mulilo, Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D2 0Graminoid; Notes: Erect annual. Common & occasional co-dominant with Digitaria & Panicum. Altitude: 1000 - 1500 m.-17.62500023.8750005

Total records found: 10



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Records of: Dactyloctenium giganteum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=105380, retrieved 29 March 2024

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