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Melinis kallimorpha
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Shangani Ranch, Mahwe Section
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Shangani Ranch, Mahwe Section
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Rhynchelytrum kallimorphon Clayton |
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Tufted annual to short-lived perennial. Culms 40–100 cm. high, geniculately ascending. Leaf laminae 4–16 cm. long, 2–4(5) mm. wide, flat. Panicle 5–12 cm. long, linear in outline. Pedicels glabrous, attached laterally to the base of the spikelet. Spikelets 3.5–5 mm. long, ovate. Inferior glume 0.7–1.5(1.7) mm. long, ovate, separated from the superior by an internode 0.4–0.7(0.9) mm. long; superior glume 5-nerved, gibbous on the back, coriaceous with the nerves slightly raised, without a distinct membranous beak, broadly ovate, emarginate, awned. Inferior floret male, its lemma 5-nerved, resembling the superior glume but less gibbous, the palea ciliate on its keels. |
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| Habitat: | On Kalahari Sand in Brachystegia, Colophospermum and Baikiaea wooded grassland |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Botswana distribution: | N |
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| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 119. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 477. (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 106. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 140. Timberlake, J., Darbyshire, I., Wursten, B., Hadj-Hammou, J., Ballings, P., Mapaura, A., Matimele, H., Banze, A., Chipanga, H., Muassinar, D., Massunde, J., Chelene, I., Osborne, J., Shah, T. (2016). Chimanimani Mountains: Botany and Conservation. Report produced under CEPF Grant 63512. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Page 47. |
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