| Home | > | List of families | > | Poaceae | > | Brachiaria | > | xantholeuca |
Brachiaria xantholeuca
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (4)
Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Maleme Dam Rest Camp, Matobo National Park
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Panicum xantholeucum Schinz |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted annual grass with culms 10–60 cm high. Leaves velvety pubescent. Inflorescence of 2–8 racemes, 1–7 cm long, bearing single spikelets in 2 neat rows on a 3-sided rhachis (rarely spikelets paired at base of longer racemes). Spikelets 2.7–4 mm long, hispidulous, borne on a stipe c. 0.5 mm long. Inferior glume 1/3–1/2 length of spikelet. Superior lemma with a rough surface. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In mopane woodland, usually in disturbed or overgrazed places. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 300 - 1300 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 16 November 2013 |
| 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) Page 76. 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. |
Other sources of information about Brachiaria xantholeuca:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: Brachiaria xantholeucaFlora of Caprivi: Brachiaria xantholeuca
Flora of Mozambique: Brachiaria xantholeuca
Flora of Zambia: Brachiaria xantholeuca
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Brachiaria xantholeucaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Brachiaria xantholeuca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Brachiaria xantholeuca
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Brachiaria xantholeuca
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Brachiaria xantholeuca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Brachiaria xantholeuca
JSTOR Plant Science: Brachiaria xantholeuca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Brachiaria xantholeuca
Plants of the World Online: Brachiaria xantholeuca
Tropicos: Brachiaria xantholeuca
Wikipedia: Brachiaria xantholeuca
| Home | > | List of families | > | Poaceae | > | Brachiaria | > | xantholeuca |