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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Description as for H. newtonii var. newtonii but inferior glume of sessile spikelet pubescent to villous; pedicelled spikelets also sometimes villous. |
Notes: | The pilose sessile spikelets, southern bias in distribution and higher altitudes reached in parts of its range are all that justify maintaining var. macra as a distinct taxon. |
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Habitat: | In grassland on stony hillsides, dambos and wooded grassland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1070 - 1700 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Mainly in the southern part of the range of H. newtonii var. newtonii |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 350. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Pages 128 - 129. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 45. 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 105. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 148. as Hyparrhenia newtonii |
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