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Stenotaphrum dimidiatum
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Garden, Harry Pichanick Drive, New Alexandra Park
Photo: Mark Hyde
Garden, Harry Pichanick Drive, New Alexandra Park
Photo: Mark Hyde
Garden, Harry Pichanick Drive, New Alexandra Park
Photo: Mark Hyde
Garden, Harry Pichanick Drive, New Alexandra Park
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| Synonyms: |
Panicum dimidiatum L. |
| Common names: | Buffalo grass (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced (cultivated) and rarely escaping |
| Description: |
Perennial grass with extensive stolons. Leaf lamina 5-8 cm long, linear, keeled; apex obtuse. Inflorescence 6-12 cm long; central axis thick, flattened on one surface, hollowed out on the other side, bearing racemes in cavities on alternate sides of the wavy midrib; the wing of the upper cavities produced into a broad acute tooth. Racemes 7-15 mm long, bearing 3-8 spikelets. Spikelets 4-5 mm long, lanceolate. |
| Notes: | There seems to be some uncertainty in the literature as to whether it is this species or Stenotaphrum secundatum (or both) which is planted as a lawn grass. Certainly, one or the other is an extremely common lawn grass in Zimbabwe. There is one record of S. dimidiata as a possible escape. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Coastal areas in partial shade, occurring inland as an introduction. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | A coastal grass of the Indian Ocean; occurring elsewhere as an introduction, Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Metisella metis paris (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 112 - 113. (Includes a picture). 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 110. |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Stenotaphrum dimidiatum
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