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| Synonyms: |
Crinipes longipes (Stapf & C.E. Hubb.) C.E. Hubb. Triraphis longipes Stapf & C.E. Hubb. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Loosely caespitose perennial up to 80 cm tall, arising from a slender rhizome and forming tufts up to 30 cm in diameter; culms erect, slender; leaf lamina 7–25 cm long, filiform, flexuous, firm but not pungent, glabrous.Panicle 6–16 cm long, ovate or oblong, the branches ascending or spreading.Spikelets 4.5–8.5 mm long; inferior glume minute, 0.4–0.9 mm long, narrowly lanceolate, nerveless; superior glume 1.3–1.8 mm long, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 0–1-nerved; lemmas 2.8–4.2 mm long, narrowly oblong-lanceolate; awn 11–13 mm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | longipes: long-stalked |
| Habitat: | Seasonally waterlogged and swampy grassland |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Known only from the Flora Zambesiaca area |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 14 - 15. (Includes a picture). 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 107. |
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