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| Synonyms: |
Paspalum auriculatum auct. non Presl. Paspalum scrobiculatum var. lanceolatum de Koning & Sosef |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial. Culms 90–200 cm. high, 3–7 mm. in diam., stout, leafy with the sheaths usually overlapping and concealing the node, ascending, rooting at the nodes below. Leaf laminae 8–30 cm. long, 8–27 mm. wide, narrowly lanceolate, often broadly rounded at the base, acute at the apex. Racemes 2–11 on an axis up to 9 cm. long, each raceme 4–12 cm. long, the spikelets borne singly on a rhachis 2–3 mm. wide. Spikelets 2–3 mm. long, resembling P. scrobiculatum. |
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| Habitat: | Streamsides and drainage hollows |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 1600 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 90 - 91. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Pages 52 - 53. As Paspalum auriculatum 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. |
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