Enteropogon macrostachyus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Munro ex Benth.

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Enteropogon macrostachyus

Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park

Enteropogon macrostachyus

Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park

Enteropogon macrostachyus

Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park

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Synonyms: Chloris macrostachya Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Chloris simplex Schumach.
Enteropogon simplex (Schumach.) A. Chev.
Common names: Mopane grass (English) Needlegrass (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Caespitose perennial with short ascending rhizome; culms up to 90 cm tall; leaf sheaths keeled, glabrous; leaf laminas (6)16–30 cm × 1–7 mm, flat or involute.Raceme 12–19 cm long.Spikelets 3-flowered, the lowermost floret fertile, the other 2 sterile.Glumes lanceolate, the inferior 3–7 mm long, the superior 6–8 mm long; lemma of fertile floret 6.5–7.8 mm long, with an awn 10–14 mm long; 2nd lemma similar to the fertile but smaller, 3.6–5 mm long, with an awn 6–10 mm long; 3rd lemma c. 1 mm long, with an awn 7–8 mm long.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: macrostachyus: large-spiked
Habitat: In mopane, miombo and other deciduous woodland, in shade and often on termite mounds.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1480 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical and southern Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24.

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 15.

Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 216 - 218.

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 428. (Includes a picture).

Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 38.

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 103.

Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 100 - 101. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 136.


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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: Enteropogon macrostachyus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=105760, retrieved 3 December 2024

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