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| Synonyms: |
Panicum frederici Rendle Panicum ianthum Stapf |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A caespitose perennial with slender erect culms (20)30–60(85) cm. high. Leaf laminae 10–20(25) cm. long, linear, acuminate. Panicle 3–15(20) cm. long, ovate or oblong. Spikelets 1.2–1.7 mm. long, ovate or orbicular, sparsely to densely pubescent, rarely glabrous; inferior glume 2/3–3/4 the length of the spikelet, 3-nerved; superior glume 5-nerved; inferior lemma 5-nerved, enclosing a male flower, its palea well developed; superior lemma and palea verruculose. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, northwards to Uganda and West Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 20. 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. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 86. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 86. As Trichanthecium brazzavillense |
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