Eriochrysis pallida Munro

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Chakoma, NE of Harare

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Synonyms:	Eriochrysis munroana (Hack.) Pilg. Saccharum munroanum Hack. Saccharum pallidum (Munro) Benth.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Tufted perennial grass, 30-90 cm high. Inflorescence up to c. 14 cm long, consisting of 3-14 racemes each up to 4 cm long. Spikelets sessile, 3.5-6 m mm long covered in dense tawny hairs longer than the spikelets.
Notes:	Not recorded for Mozambique in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 10 part 4 (2002).
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Habitat:	In swampy places.
Altitude range:	270 - 1700 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 2 November 2016
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 346. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25. Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Page 6. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 41. 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 105. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 138.

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