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Sacciolepis typhura
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Main rd near Headlands
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Main rd near Headlands
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Panicum cinereo-vestitum Pilger Panicum typhurum Stapf Sacciolepis cinereo-vestita (Pilger) C.E. Hubbard Sacciolepis glaucescens Stapf Sacciolepis kimpasaensis Vanderyst Sacciolepis scirpoides Stapf Sacciolepis trollii Pilger Sacciolepis velutina Napper Sacciolepis wittei Robyns Sacciolepis wombaliensis Vanderyst |
| Common names: | Purple hood grass (English) Purple swamp grass (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial grass, growing from a shortly creeping rhizome, up to 1.5 m, usually spongy at the base with cross-nerves in the papery sheaths. Leaf laminae 2–10 mm. wide, flat or folded, strongly ribbed, papillose or not. Dense, cylindric panicle up to 30 cm, typically deep purple in colour. Spikelets 1.7–2.5 mm. long, ovate, mostly glabrous. |
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| Habitat: | A handsome species, colonizing marshy areas, seepage zones and vlei margins. |
| Altitude range: | 500 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and Southern Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z |
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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 361. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 48. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 45. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 57. Also as Sacciolepis scirpioides 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. Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 172 - 173. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 144. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 191. |
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