Panicum madipirense Mez

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Status: Native
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Annual with erect culms 25–120 cm. high. Leaf laminae 8–24 cm. long and 6–20 mm. wide, linear-lanceolate, cordate, acute or acuminate. Panicle 10–20(30) cm. long, oblong, finely branched. Spikelets 2.5–3.7 mm. long, oblong, glabrous; inferior glume 1/4 the length of the spikelet, cuff-like, membranous 1-sub-7-nerved; superior glume 9-nerved; inferior lemma 9-nerved, enclosing a male flower, its palea well developed; superior lemma smooth or scaberulous towards the apex.
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Habitat: Swamps and damp areas in bushland or wooded grassland.
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Worldwide distribution: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Botswana distribution: SE
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Literature:

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 26 - 27.

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 107.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 142.

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Flora of Malawi: Panicum madipirense
Flora of Mozambique: Panicum madipirense
Flora of Zambia: Panicum madipirense
Flora of Zimbabwe: Panicum madipirense

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Panicum madipirense
African Plant Database: Panicum madipirense
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Panicum madipirense
Plants of the World Online: Panicum madipirense
Tropicos: Panicum madipirense
Wikipedia: Panicum madipirense


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: Panicum madipirense.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106330, retrieved 28 March 2024

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