Eragrostis macilenta (A. Rich.) Steud.

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Synonyms: Eragrostis decidua Hochst.
Eragrostis dekindtii Pilg.
Eragrostis passa Rendle
Eragrostis pseudonigra Mattei
Poa macilenta A. Rich.
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Caespitose annual; culms up to 60 cm tall, erect or ascending, branched or unbranched, glabrous at the nodes, eglandular or rarely with glandular patches below the nodes, these sometimes coalescent into a ring; leaf sheaths glabrous or thinly pilose; ligule a line of hairs; leaf laminas 2–20 cm × 2–5 mm, linear, flat, glabrous, eglandular.Panicle 3–35 cm long, ovate-elliptic, untidily diffuse, the spikelets evenly distributed on slender pedicels 2–12 mm long, the primary branches solitary, paired or the lowermost whorled, terminating in a fertile spikelet, glabrous in the axils, eglandular.Spikelets 3–6 × 1–2 mm, oblong, laterally compressed, 5–14-flowered, the lemmas disarticulating from below upwards, the rhachilla persistent; glumes subequal, 1.1–1.5 mm long, reaching ± to the middle of the adjacent lemmas, keeled, lanceolate in profile, smooth or scaberulous, acuminate at the apex; lemmas 1.3–1.6 mm long, keeled, narrowly ovate in profile, membranous with obscure lateral nerves, diverging from the rhachilla at 45°, those in opposite rows not imbricate, the rhachilla visible between them, light green to almost black, smooth or scaberulous, acute at the apex; palea persistent, glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, scaberulous; anthers 3, 0.3–0.5 mm long.Caryopsis c. 0.5 mm long, broadly oblong.
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Derivation of specific name: macilenta: thin, lean
Habitat: Ruderal
Altitude range: (metres) 1500 - 1800 m
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Worldwide distribution: Arabia, India, tropical Africa
Zimbabwe distribution: N
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Literature:

Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Page 130.

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 104.

Poilecot, P. (2007). Eragrostis species of Zimbabwe Éditions Quae,Versailles, France Pages 170 - 171. (Includes a picture).


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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: Eragrostis macilenta.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=105000, retrieved 28 March 2024

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