G.350. Trichoneura Andersson

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence of numerous stiff racemes scattered along a central axis. Spikelets several-flowered, laterally flattened, cuneate, disarticulating above the glumes and between the florets. Glumes 1-nerved, membranous, narrow, tapering to a mucro or awn, exceeding the lowermost lemma and often as long as the spikelet. Lemmas 3-nerved, conspicuously ciliate along the lateral nerves, 2-toothed at apex and awned from the sinus.

Worldwide: 7 species in tropical Africa and Arabia; also southern USA (Texas), Peru and the Galapagos Islands

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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grandiglumis (Nees) EkmanN,SEDescription

Other sources of information about Trichoneura:

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Flora of Caprivi: Trichoneura
Flora of Mozambique: Trichoneura
Flora of Zambia: Trichoneura
Flora of Zimbabwe: Trichoneura

External websites:

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

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: Genus page: Trichoneura.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=163, retrieved 29 March 2024

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