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| Synonyms: |
Andropogon bovonei Chiov. Andropogon lithophilus Trin. Hyparrhenia lithophila (Trin.) Pilg. Sorghum lithophilum (Trin.) Kuntze |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Caespitose perennial; culms 30–100 cm high, slender, erect. Leaf sheaths glabrous or puberulous, with a tuft of long hairs at the mouth; ligules c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous or ciliolate; leaf laminas 3–20 cm × 2–6 mm, stiff, glabrous or puberulent. Panicle scanty, narrow, of 1–3 pairs of racemes; spatheoles linear, 5–15 cm long, glabrous or sparsely hirsute; peduncle glabrous or softly villous. Racemes 2.5–7 cm long, 6- to 16-awned per pair, slender, loose; raceme-bases glabrous or villous, the inferior very short, the superior 5–10 mm long. Homogamous spikelet-pairs 1 at the base of the inferior raceme, c. 6 mm long, similar to the pedicelled spikelets. Sessile spikelets c. 7 mm long (including the callus); callus 1–1.5 mm long, narrowly obtuse at the base, white-pubescent; superior glume with a slender awn 3–5 mm long; superior lemma 4–4.5 mm long, bilobed to the middle; awn 1.2–2.1 cm long, the column hispidulous with white hairs. Pedicelled spikelets 6–8 mm long (excluding the callus), white-villous, acute; callus 1–1.5 mm long |
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| Habitat: | Growing among rocks in mountains |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1600 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Brazil, DRC, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | |
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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 24. Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Pages 140 - 141. 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 103. |
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