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| Synonyms: |
Enneapogon muticus Hack. Harpochloa altera Rendle Microchloa altera var. nelsonii Stapf Rendlia altera (Rendle) Chiov. Rendlia cupricola P.A. Duvign. Rendlia nelsonii (Stapf) Chiov. |
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Densely caespitose perennial forming compact mats; culms glabrous to woolly-tomentose, up to 50(70) cm tall, the leaves mostly confined to the base; leaf sheaths splitting at the base into a cushion of fibres; leaf laminas 3–25 cm × up to 1.5 mm, often filiform.Raceme 2–7(9) cm long, straight or curved, glabrous to woolly-tomentose at the base.Spikelets 2(3)-flowered, 4.4–5 mm long; inferior glume glabrous; superior glume glabrous, crispate-hirsute or with a barbellate line on either side of the midnerve; fertile lemma 3.5–4.5 mm long; anthers 1.5–2 mm long.Caryopsis 1.5–2.2 mm long. |
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| Habitat: | In montane grassland and seasonally wet dambo, sometimes on termitaria in floodplain grassland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 980 - 2260 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, South Africa, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 354. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 47. As Rendlia altera Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 231 - 233. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 55. As Rendlia altera 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. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 150. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 86. |
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