G.613. Exotheca Andersson

Cope, T.A. (2002) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4)

Description of the genus

Perennial. Ligule scarious, adnate to the sheath-auricles; leaf laminas linear. Inflorescence composed of paired racemes, the pairs each subtended by a spatheole and gathered into a scanty false panicle; racemes short; pedicels linear; sessile spikelet terete; inferior glume subcoriaceous with a herbaceous beak 2–3 mm long, rounded on the back and sides; superior glume awnless; inferior floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; superior lemma hyaline, bidentate, passing between the teeth into an awn with pubescent column. Caryopsis narrowly oblong.

Worldwide: One species in tropical Africa and Indo-China.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Andersson	N,Z,T

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Flora of Burundi: Exotheca
Flora of Malawi: Exotheca
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Exotheca
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Exotheca
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Exotheca
JSTOR Plant Science: Exotheca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Exotheca
Plants of the World Online: Exotheca
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