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G.591. Dichanthium
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence composed of single, paired or digitate racemes. Each raceme with 1-6 homogamous pairs of spikelets at the base; these male or neuter; upper spikelets with each pair markedly different; the sessile fertile, the pedicellate male or barren. Rhachis internodes and pedicels slender, solid, without a translucent, hyaline central line. Sessile spikelet: callus obtuse; lower glume sometimes pitted; apex acute to broadly obtuse; upper lemma awned from its entire apex; awn glabrous. Pedicellate spikelet similar to sessile but usually male or neuter and awnless. Worldwide: 20 species in the Old World tropics. Zimbabwe: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf var. papillosum (A. Rich.) de Wet & Harlan | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf var. annulatum | N,W,C,S | Description |
| aristatum (Poir.) C.E. Hubb. | C | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: DichanthiumFlora of Caprivi: Dichanthium
Flora of Malawi: Dichanthium
Flora of Mozambique: Dichanthium
Flora of Zambia: Dichanthium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Dichanthium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DichanthiumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dichanthium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dichanthium
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iNaturalist: Dichanthium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dichanthium
JSTOR Plant Science: Dichanthium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dichanthium
Plants of the World Online: Dichanthium
Tropicos: Dichanthium
Wikipedia: Dichanthium
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