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Brachiaria arrecta
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| Synonyms: |
Brachiaria latifolia Stapf Panicum arrectum Th. Dur. & Schinz. Panicum multiflorum Peter |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Sprawling perennial. Culms 50–130 cm. high, prostrate and rooting at the nodes below. Leaf laminae 5–15 mm. wide. Inflorescence of 4–15 racemes, these 1–10 cm. long, bearing spikelets singly in two neat rows on a flat rhachis 0.5–1.5 mm. wide with scabrid margins. Spikelets 3–4.5 mm. long, glabrous, acute. Inferior glume 1/3–1/2length of spikelet, arising immediately below the superior. Superior lemma rugulose. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | arrecta: pointing upwards, diverging from axis at a narrow angle |
| Habitat: | A semi-aquatic grass of swamps, dams, river banks and shallow water. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and Southern Africa. Introduced in tropical America. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 3 January 2007 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 68 - 69. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 31. As Brachiaria latifolia 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 100. 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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