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Synonyms: |
Bromus adoensis sensu Napper, loc. cit. non Steud. Bromus cognatus Steud. Bromus petitianus A. Rich. Bromus runssoroensis K. Schum. Bromus scabridus Hook. f. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
A loosely tufted grass, up to 1 m tall, growing from a short rhizome. Culms erect or often arching. Leaves dark green to blue-green, linear, 8-30 cm long and up to 1.75 cm wide,tapering to a long soft point, scaberulous on both surfaces or above only and on the margins, Sheaths at the base tight, tubular; ligule 2-5 mm long. Panicle elliptic to broadly ovate in outline, up to 28 cm long, open and lax. Spikelets 15-30 mm long, loosely 5-12-flowered, linear-oblong in outline, somewhat laterally compressed, light green, sometimes purple-tinged. Glumes unequal, ovate-lanceolate; inferior glume 5-11 mm long, 1-veined; superior 7-14 mm long, 3-veined. Lemmas lanceolate-elliptic, i5-14 mm long, 3-7-veined, apex entire or with two small teeth; awn 4-8 mm long, straight. |
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Derivation of specific name: | leptocladus: thin-stemmed or -branched |
Habitat: | Shade-loving species of moist ground in evergreen forest, riverine forest, along roads and streams and on riverbanks or margins of vleis. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 27 September 2018 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. (2002). A checklist of Zimbabwean grasses Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 16. Pretoria. Page 4. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. As Bromus leptoclados Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. & Nembudani, M.T. (2015). Identification Guide to Southern African Grasses Strelitzia 36 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Page 145. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 32. As Bromus cognatus Launert, E. (1971). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(1) Pages 60 - 62. (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 101. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 146. |
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