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| Synonyms: |
Microchloa setacea (Roxb.) R. Br. Microchloa setacea var. gracilis Rendle Nardus indica L.f. Rottboellia setacea Roxb. |
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| Description: |
Loosely caespitose annual growing in isolated tufts, rarely forming mats; culms up to 50 cm tall, leafy throughout; leaf sheaths remaining intact; leaf laminas 1–8(11) cm × up to 1.75(rarely to 4.5) mm, usually filiform, sometimes flat.Raceme 1.5–15 cm long, very slender, straight or curved, glabrous at the base.Spikelets 1-flowered, 1.6–2.1(3) mm long; lemma 1.3–1.8 mm long; anthers 0.2–0.4 mm long, rarely up to 1.2 mm.Caryopsis c. 0.9 mm long. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | indica: of India |
| Habitat: | Often in bare or sparsely covered ground in montane grassland and miombo woodlands, on pan edges in mopane woodlands, sometimes on termitaria; also on roadsides and paths |
| Altitude range: | 610 - 2350 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | the tropics and subtropics |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 354. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 229 - 230. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 49. 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 106. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 141. |
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