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G.299. Aristida - Bristle grasses
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Spikelets 1-flowered, disarticulating above the glumes, in terminal, lax or contracted, panicles; glumes persistent, narrow, usually 1-nerved. Lemma narrow, with hard callus at base, with or without a beak or twisted column; articulation present or 0, usually visible as a transverse darker line on the body of the lemma, occurring at the apex of the lemma or at the apex of the column; awns 3 (1 central, 2 lateral) or rarely 1, glabrous. Worldwide: c. 330 species in warm regions of the world Mozambique: 13 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adscensionis L. | N,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| barbicollis Trin. & Rupr. | N,Z,MS,GI | Description |
| bipartita (Nees) Trin. & Rupr. | M | |
| congesta Roem. & Schult. | GI,M | Description, Image |
| diminuta (Mez) C.E. Hubb. | Z,T | Description |
| hordeacea Kunth | N | Description |
| leucophaea Henrard | GI | Description |
| meridionalis Henrard | GI | Description |
| mollissima Pilg. subsp. argentea (Schweick.) Melderis | GI | |
| recta Franch. | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| stipitata Hack. subsp. graciliflora (Pilg.) Melderis | GI,M | Description |
| stipitata Hack. subsp. ramifera (Pilg.) Melderis | M | Description |
| vestita Thunb. | T | Description |
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Flora of Malawi: Aristida
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Aristida
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AristidaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aristida
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aristida
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aristida
JSTOR Plant Science: Aristida
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aristida
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Wikipedia: Aristida
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