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Ischaemum afrum
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Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
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Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
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Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
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Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
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| Synonyms: |
Andropogon afer J.F. Gmel. Andropogon brachyatherus Hochst. Ischaemum brachyatherum (Hochst.) Fenzl ex Hack. Ischaemum glaucostachyum Stapf |
| Common names: | Turf grass (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Densely caespitose perennial with scaly rhizome; culms up to 200 cm high; leaf laminas 10–50 cm × 3–10 mm, glaucous, prominently nerved, tapering to a setaceous point. Inflorescence terminal, of (1)2–5 (rarely more) subdigitate racemes, each 6–20 cm long; rhachis internodes and pedicels glabrous to villous, yellowish to purple, subequal, the internodes clavate, the pedicels subinflated. Sessile spikelet 5–8 mm long, lanceolate; inferior glume chartaceous, 2-keeled along its whole length, concave between the keels, glabrous to villous on the back, wingless; superior lemma with an awn 5–20 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet 1–6 mm long, awnless or rarely awned from the superior lemma. |
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| Habitat: | Growing in seasonally flooded grassland on heavy black clay soils |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 10 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | India, throughout tropical Africa from Nigeria eastwards to Ethiopia and southwards to South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 8 August 2021 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Pages 51 - 52. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 46. As Isachaemum brachyatherum 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. Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 146 - 147. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 140. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 149. |
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