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| Synonyms: |
Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Roberty Echinolaena polystachya Kunth Loxostachys uncinata (Raddi) Peter Panicum heterochlamys Peter Panicum polystachyum (Kunth) K. Schum. Panicum uncinatum Raddi |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Trailing annual with lanceolate leaf laminae, and often with aerial roots at the nodes. Culms 10–30 cm. high. Spikelets 3.5–5.7 mm. long, obliquely ovoid. Glumes acute to acuminate, wingless, the inferior almost as long as spikelet. Superior lemma subcoriaceous. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | polystachya: with many spikes |
| Habitat: | In forest shade |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 200 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Throughout the tropics |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| 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 45. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 3 - 6. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 55. 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 108. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 152. |
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