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Synonyms:
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Chloris transiens Pilg.
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Description:
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Densely caespitose perennial; culms up to 120 cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending; basal leaf sheaths persistent, densely packed; leaf laminas 7.5–27 cm × 2–5 mm, flat or rarely involute.Racemes (1)2–4, 13–22 cm long, straight or slightly flexuous.Spikelets 3.5–6 mm long (excluding the awns), 2-flowered; glumes narrowly lanceolate in profile, very acute to shortly awned, the inferior a little longer than the superior; fertile lemma c. 3.8 mm long, with an awn up to 37.5 mm long; second floret 0.5–1 mm long, with an awn up to 20 mm long; anthers 0.1–0.15 mm long. |
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| Habitat:
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In mopane woodlands on sandy alluvium, and in black alluvium at low altitudes |
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20 - 300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution:
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Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe |
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Mozambique distribution:
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| Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature:
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Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 243 - 244. (Includes a picture).
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 109.
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