Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A. Camus

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Synonyms: Dactylis spicata Willd.
Elytrophorus articulatus P. Beauv.
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Status: Native
Description:
Annual up to 60 cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending; leaf lamina up to 30 cm × 4 mm, glabrous.Inflorescence 3–30 cm long, the glomerules ovoid to cylindrical, 5–7 mm in diameter, often confluent, the bracts scarcely exceeding the spikelets.Glumes 1.8–2.3 mm long, lanceolate, scabrid; lemmas (1)2–2.5(3.2) mm long (including awn), broadly elliptic, drawn out into a slender awn 1–2.5 times as long as the body of the lemma; palea wings inconspicuous, enfolded by the lemma.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: spicatus: arranged in a spike.
Habitat: Deciduous woodland, usually in black clay soil of dry seasonal pans
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Worldwide distribution: Australia, India, Indo-China, Sri Lanka, throughout tropical Africa
Botswana distribution: N
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Literature:

Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 2 - 3. (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 103.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 136.

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 188.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Elytrophorus spicatus.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=103950, retrieved 28 March 2024

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