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| Synonyms: |
Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) Schweick. Panicum dictyoneurum Fig. & De Not. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Densely tufted perennial. Culms 40–120 cm. high, never rooting at the nodes. Leaf laminae 3–15(30) mm. wide, linear to lanceolate. Inflorescence of 3–8(12) racemes, these 1–8 cm. long, bearing spikelets singly on a triquetrous rhachis. Spikelets as for B. humidicola. |
| Notes: | B. dictyoneura was formerly treated as a separate species to B. humidicola. We have followed Sosef (2016) in combining the two taxa under B. dictyoneura. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Savanna woodland and dambo margins |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | S. Africa, from Ethiopia and Sudan to Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. As Brachiaria humidicola Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. As Brachiaria humidicola Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 66 - 68. As Brachiaria humidicola Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 68. As Brachiaria dictyoneura Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 433. As Brachiaria humidicola (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 31. As Brachiaria humidicola 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. As Brachiaria humidicola Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 132. As Brachiaria humidicola Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 132. As Brachiaria dictyoneura Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 1 Plant Ecology and Evolution 149(3) Page 359. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 187. As Brachiaria humidicola |
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