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| Synonyms: |
Andropogon caeruleus Nees ex Steud. Andropogon ciliolatus Nees ex Steud. Andropogon monticola var. trinii (Steud.) Hook. f. Andropogon tremulus Hack. Andropogon trinii Steud. Andropogon trinii var. increscens Hack. Andropogon trinii Steud. var. simplicior Hack. Chrysopogon ciliolatus (Nees ex Steud.) Boiss. Chrysopogon fulvus var. serrulatus (Trin.) R.B. Stewart Chrysopogon fulvus var. tremulus Hack. Chrysopogon montanus sensu Simon, non Trin. Chrysopogon montanus var. serrulatus (Trin.) Stapf Chrysopogon montanus var. tremulus (Hack.) Stapf Chrysopogon montanus Trin. var. tremulus (Hack.) Stapf |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Culms up to 150 cm high, sometimes robust; leaf-sheaths glabrous, rarely pilose above; ligule a ciliolate rim; leaf laminas 2–10 mm wide, linear-lanceolate, glabrous except near the ligule where there are sparse tubercle-based hairs on the margins. Panicle up to 15 cm long; peduncles fulvously bearded at the apex. Sessile spikelet c. 6 mm long, narrowly oblong; inferior glume awnless, slightly hispid at the apex; superior glume with a few white hairs on the back and with a glabrous awn c. 12 mm long; inferior lemma hyaline, 1-nerved and with sparsely ciliolate margins; superior floret bisexual, its lemma hyaline, bilobed and with a slightly puberulous awn c. 2.5 cm long; anthers c. 3 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet male or neuter, with awned glumes; inferior glume c. 6 mm long, with short white hairs on the back and with a hispidulous awn c. 5 mm long; superior glume c. 6.5 mm long, glabrous, with an obscurely hispidulous awn c. 2.5 mm long; superior lemma hyaline, sparsely ciliolate on the margins; anthers c. 3 mm long. |
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| Habitat: | Common in shallow sandy soils and in rocky places |
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| Worldwide distribution: | NW India, Tropical Africa |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SE |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Pages 34 - 35. 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 101. Setshogo, M.P. (2000). Notes on the grass subtribe Sorghinae (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) in the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 17(2) Page 140. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 133. |
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