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Graminae
Bennett, K.E. (1980) Keys to Zimbabwean grass species. Kirkia 11(2) 169-286
Clayton, W.D. (1970) Poaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 1
Clayton, W.D. (1989) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3)
Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982) Poaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 3
Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1986) Genera Graminum. Grasses of the World. HMSO, London
Clayton, W.D. et al. (1974) Poaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 2
Cope, T.A. (1999) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2)
Cope, T.A. (2002) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4)
Gibbs Russell, G.E. et al. (1990) Grasses of Southern Africa. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
Launert, E. (1971) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(1)
Annual or perennial herbs, rarely woody, often with rhizomes or stolons. Culms usually cylindric, usually hollow but solid at the nodes. Leaves: alternate, 2-ranked, simple, consisting of sheath, ligule and lamina; sheath surrounding the stem, usually open; ligule usually present at junction of sheath and lamina, membranous, a row of hairs or 0; lamina linear to filiform, rarely lanceolate or ovate. Inflorescence consisting of numerous spikelets arranged in a spike, raceme or panicle. The basic unit of the inflorescence is the spikelet, consisting of a number of florets arranged distichously along an axis (rhachilla). At the base of the spikelet are 2 (rarely 0, 1 or more than 2) empty bracts (glumes). Each floret is enclosed within an outer bract (lemma) and an inner bracteole (palea). The palea is usually membranous and 2-keeled, the lemma is usually tougher and often awned. The lemma, palea and flowering parts are together called the floret. Flowers usually bisexual, but sometimes unisexual. Perianth represented by 2(–3) minute hyaline fleshy scales (lodicules). The base of the spikelet or floret may have a horny prolongation downwards (callus). Stamens (1-)3(-6); anthers versatile. Ovary superior, 1-locular with 1 ovule often attached to the adaxial side of the loculus, to a point or line visible in fruit as the hilum. Styles (1-)2(-3), generally with plumose stigmas. Fruit 1-seeded, usually a caryopsis, rarely with seed free from the pericarp. Worldwide: 668 genera and 9,500 species, cosmopolitan, but especially tropical and northern temperate sub-arid areas. Botswana: 93 genera and 360 taxa. Insects associated with this family:
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Genus | Content |
Acrachne Wight & Arn. ex Chiov. | Description |
Acroceras Stapf | Description |
Agrostis L. | Description |
Alloteropsis C. Presl | Description |
Andropogon L. | Description |
Anthephora Schreb. | Description |
Aristida L. | Description |
Arundo L. | Description |
Bewsia Gooss. | Description |
Bothriochloa Kuntze | Description |
Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb. | Description |
Brachyachne (Benth.) Stapf | Description |
Cenchrus L. | Description |
Centropodia Rchb. | Description |
Chloris Sw. | Description |
Chrysopogon Trin. | Description |
Coelachyrum Hochst. & Nees | Description |
Craspedorhachis Benth. | Description |
Cymbopogon Spreng. | Description |
Cynodon Rich. | Description |
Dactyloctenium Willd. | Description |
Danthoniopsis Stapf | Description |
Dichanthium Willemet | Description |
Digitaria Haller | Description |
Diheteropogon (Hack.) Stapf | Description |
Dinebra Jacq. | Description |
Echinochloa P. Beauv. | Description |
Eleusine Gaertn. | Description |
Elionurus Kunth ex Willd. | Description |
Elymandra Stapf | Description |
Elytrophorus P. Beauv. | Description |
Enneapogon Desv. ex P. Beauv. | Description |
Enteropogon Nees | Description, Image |
Entolasia Stapf | Description |
Eragrostis Wolf | Description |
Eriochloa Kunth | Description |
Eriochrysis P. Beauv. | Description, Image |
Eulalia Kunth | Description |
Eustachys Desv. | Description |
Fingerhuthia Nees | Description |
Hackelochloa Kuntze | Description |
Hemarthria R.Br. | Description |
Heteropogon Pers. | Description, Image |
Hyparrhenia Fourn. | Description |
Hyperthelia Clayton | Description |
Imperata Cirillo | Description |
Ischaemum L. | Description, Image |
Leersia Sw. | Description |
Leptocarydion Stapf | Description |
Leptochloa P. Beauv. | Description |
Lintonia Stapf | Description, Image |
Loudetia Steud. | Description |
Megaloprotachne C.E. Hubb. | Description |
Melinis P. Beauv. | Description |
Microchloa R.Br. | Description |
Miscanthus Andersson | Description |
Monocymbium Stapf | Description |
Odyssea Stapf | Description |
Oplismenus P. Beauv. | Description |
Oropetium Trin. | Description |
Oryza L. | Description |
Oryzidium C.E. Hubb. & Schweick. | Description |
Panicum L. | Description |
Paspalidium Stapf | Description |
Paspalum L. | Description |
Perotis Aiton | Description |
Phragmites Adans. | Description |
Pogonarthria Stapf | Description |
Polypogon Desf. | Description |
Rottboellia L.f. | Description |
Sacciolepis Nash | Description |
Sartidia De Winter | Description |
Schizachyrium Nees | Description |
Schmidtia Steud. ex J.A. Schmidt | Description |
Sehima Forssk. | Description |
Setaria P. Beauv. | Description |
Sorghastrum Nash | Description |
Sorghum Moench | Description |
Sporobolus R. Br. | Description |
Stereochlaena Hack. | Description |
Stipagrostis Nees | Description |
Themeda Forssk. | Description |
Trachypogon Nees | Description, Image |
Tragus Haller | Description |
Tricholaena Schrad. ex Schult. & Schult. f. | Description |
Trichoneura Andersson | Description |
Tripogon Roem. & Schult. | Description |
Triraphis R. Br. | Description |
Tristachya Nees | Description |
Urelytrum Hack. | Description |
Urochloa P. Beauv. | Description, Image |
Vossia Wall. & Griff. | Description |
Willkommia Hack. | Description |
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