Stipagrostis uniplumis (Licht.) De Winter
var. uniplumis

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Stipagrostis uniplumis var. uniplumis

Photo: Petra Ballings
Along road near Tuli

Stipagrostis uniplumis var. uniplumis

Photo: Petra Ballings
Along road near Tuli

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Synonyms:
Common names: Mogatlawatau (Setswana) Silky bushman grass (English) Tshikitshane (Setswana)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Subperennial or perennial, laxly caespitose. Panicle contracted or open, with numerous spikelets. Glumes not exceeding 10 mm. in length. Lemma 2-3.5 mm. long, excluding callus. Central awn of the lemma slender, usually pallid, diverging at a sharp angle from the lemma, usually plumose in the upper 2/3, naked towards the base. 2n = 44.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: On open sandy soil (on shallow red Kalahari sand on basalt outcrop, sandy flats, granite sandveld, in sand pockets over limestone cobbles) and on shallow gravelly basalt soil
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Somali Republic to Senegal, South Africa, south-western Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,
Botswana distribution: N,SW
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Literature:

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 489. as Stipagrostis uniplumis (Includes a picture).

Launert, E. (1971). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(1) Pages 133 - 135. (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 110.

Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 208 - 209. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 146.

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 192.

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Flora of Caprivi: Stipagrostis uniplumis var. uniplumis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Stipagrostis uniplumis var. uniplumis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Stipagrostis uniplumis
African Plant Database: Stipagrostis uniplumis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Stipagrostis uniplumis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Stipagrostis uniplumis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Stipagrostis uniplumis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Stipagrostis uniplumis
JSTOR Plant Science: Stipagrostis uniplumis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Stipagrostis uniplumis
Plants of the World Online: Stipagrostis uniplumis
Tropicos: Stipagrostis uniplumis
Wikipedia: Stipagrostis uniplumis


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: Stipagrostis uniplumis var. uniplumis.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=104060, retrieved 29 March 2024

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