Triraphis schinzii Hack.

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Synonyms: Triraphis schlechteri Pilg. ex Stent
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Status: Native
Description:
Caespitose perennial with short erect rhizome; culms up to 150 cm tall, erect, tough, leafy throughout; leaf lamina up to 30 cm × 5 mm, usually flat, setaceously acuminate.Panicle 17–32 cm long, elliptic, loose; the branches slender, flexuous, densely spiculate towards the tip.Spikelets 4–6-flowered, 6–11 mm long excluding the awns, narrowly oblong; glumes somewhat unequal in length, the inferior 2.8–4 mm long, the superior 3.6–4.5 mm long; lemmas lanceolate, the body c. 5 mm long; awns 5–7 mm long; anthers 0.8–1 mm long.
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Habitat: In dry open woodland and scrub, on Kalahari Sand and on basic sandy soils
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Worldwide distribution: Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Botswana distribution: N,SW,SE
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Literature:

Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 21 - 22. (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 111.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 147.

Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 28.

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Flora of Mozambique: Triraphis schinzii
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Triraphis schinzii

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Triraphis schinzii
African Plant Database: Triraphis schinzii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Triraphis schinzii
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Tropicos: Triraphis schinzii
Wikipedia: Triraphis schinzii


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: Triraphis schinzii.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=104470, retrieved 28 March 2024

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