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Synonyms: |
Panicum glabrescens Steud. Panicum longijubatum (Stapf) Stapf Panicum proliferum var. longijubatum Stapf |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Robust annual or short-lived perennial with soft herbaceous culms 60–200 cm. high, erect or decumbent and rooting at the lower nodes, the upper nodes sharply demarcated. Leaf laminae 20–50 cm. long and 7–15 mm. wide, linear, flat, acute or acuminate. Panicle 20–50 cm. long, ovate or oblong, sparsely to moderately branched, the tertiary and sometimes the secondary branches appressed at maturity. Spikelets (2.7)3–3.5 mm. long, narrowly ovate, acuminate; inferior glume 1/4–1/3 the length of the spikelet, broadly ovate, 1–3-nerved, obtuse or acute; superior glume 7–9-nerved; inferior lemma similar to the superior glume, sterile, its palea poorly developed or absent; superior lemma and palea pallid or dark, glossy |
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Habitat: | Margins of rivers, lakes and swamps |
Altitude range: (metres) | 200 - 3400 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | throughout tropical Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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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 42. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 29. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 483. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 50. As Panicum glabrescens Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 51. As Panicum longijubatum 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 107. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 142. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 191. |
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