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| Synonyms: |
Brachyachne chrysolepis C.E. Hubb. Brachyachne upembaensis Van der Veken Microchloa patentiflora Stent & J.M. Rattray |
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Caespitose perennial; culms slender, up to 30(45) cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending, the leaves mostly confined to the base; basal leaf sheaths persistent, splitting into a cushion of glabrous fibres; leaf laminas 3–12 cm long, scarcely more than 1 mm wide, involute, usually curved, sometimes straight or coiled.Raceme solitary, (2.5)5–12 cm long, rigidly erect.Spikelets 2.2–3.4 mm long; inferior glume slightly asymmetrical, narrowly oblanceolate-oblong in profile, acute or subobtuse at the apex, scaberulous along the keel; superior glume narrowly oblong in profile, smooth or slightly scaberulous on the keel towards the apex; lemma c. 2.5 mm long, narrowly oblong-elliptic in profile, obtuse to truncate at the apex, often shortly mucronate; anthers 1.3–1.8 mm long. |
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| Habitat: | In waterslicks and shallow soil over exposed granite, in shallow soil over laterite and laterite pans, and in damp sand overlying clay in seasonal rainwater pans of mopane woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 880 - 1770 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 240 - 242. 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 101. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 132. |
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