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Synonyms: |
Aristida contractinodis Stent & J.M. Rattray Aristida macilenta Henrard |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Culms 20-70 cm. high. Internodes of the culms very unequal; the lower short, the following very long (10 cm. or more), the upper very short (sometimes less than 1 cm.), the uppermost long-exserted. Leaf-laminae usually spreading at more or less right angles from the culm, those of the uppermost leaves often approximate in pairs. Auricles of the leaves especially of the lower ones, long-barbate. Inferior glume usually 2·5-5 mm. long, superior one 4·5-7 mm. long. Lemma c. 5·5 mm. with a short beak, usually up to 1 mm. long; awns unequal (the central usually 9-11 mm. long, the lateral ones 6·5-8 mm. long). |
Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
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Habitat: | On sandy and serpentine soils, often in damp situations, in grassland, dry and burnt dambo, wet sandveld, vlei, edges of dry vleis and near streams between rocks |
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Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Transvaal, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
National distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. as Aristida junciformis junciformis Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 29. As Aristida macilenta Launert, E. (1971). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(1) Pages 105 - 106. 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 100. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 85. |
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