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G.371. Acrachne
Description of the genus
Annual (ours). Inflorescence of digitate or whorled racemes; racemes with imbricate, 2-seriate, subsessile spikelets, terminating in an abortive spikelet. Spikelets several-many-flowered, laterally flattened, the lemmas disarticulating from below upwards, leaving the persistent rhachilla and paleas. Glumes 1-nerved, keeled, shorter than the lemmas. Lemmas 3-nerved, cartilaginous, glabrous, entire or 2-toothed and with a stout awn-point at the apex. Worldwide: 3 species in the Old World tropics Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| racemosa (B. Heyne ex Roem. & Schult.) Ohwi | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AcrachneBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Acrachne
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Acrachne
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acrachne
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Acrachne
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Tropicos: Acrachne
Wikipedia: Acrachne
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