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Leptochloa chinensis
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| Synonyms: |
Poa chinensis L. |
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| Description: |
Caespitose perennial up to 100 cm tall, stout to moderately slender, erect or geniculately ascending; ligule a short membrane; leaf lamina 14–26 cm × 2–3 mm, linear, flat or folded, long-attenuate at the apex.Inflorescence 30–48 cm long, narrowly cylindrical; racemes numerous, very slender, 2–13 cm long, flexuous, erect or loosely ascending.Spikelets 4–5-flowered, 2.5–3 mm long, narrowly elliptic-oblong, not overlapping or only slightly so; glumes unequal, the inferior 0.7–1 mm long, ovate, acute to obtuse, the superior 1–1.5 mm long, broadly elliptic to oblong, obtuse or rounded; lemmas 1.2–1.4(1.6) mm long, elliptic-oblong, keeled, densely but minutely pilose along the nerves, entire or minutely 2-toothed at the apex.Caryopsis 0.6–0.9 mm long, elliptic-oblong, plano-convex in section |
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| Derivation of specific name: | chinensis: of China |
| Habitat: | In or near water in seasonal pans, usually in clay soils |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 460 - 910 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India eastwards to Indonesia, China and Japan |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E,S |
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| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Page 28. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 140. |
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