Cynodon aethiopicus Clayton & Harlan

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Status: Native
Description:
Coarse stoloniferous perennial without rhizomes; stolons stout; culms very robust, up to 130 cm tall, hard, shining and woody at the base, erect; leaf laminas 5–20 cm × 3–7 mm, flat.Racemes 6–17 in 2–5 (rarely 1) whorls, 6–11 cm long.Spikelets 2.4–2.8 mm long, strongly pigmented with red or purple; glumes narrowly lanceolate in profile, the superior c. 3/4 as long as the spikelet; lemma glabrous, thinly pubescent or occasionally pilose on the keel.
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Derivation of specific name: aethiopicus: of Ethiopia, a historic name for large parts of Africa
Habitat: Occurs as a wild plant on moist soils of high rainfall areas, or as a semi-aquatic, but is widely planted on embankments etc. to control soil erosion. Several specimens seen from the central province of Zimbabwe were probably introduced there
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Worldwide distribution: Mainly in the Rift Valley, from Ethiopia southwards, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Botswana distribution: SE
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Literature:

Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 235 - 237.

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 102.

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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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Cynodon aethiopicus
Flora of Malawi: Cynodon aethiopicus
Flora of Mozambique: Cynodon aethiopicus
Flora of Zambia: Cynodon aethiopicus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cynodon aethiopicus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cynodon aethiopicus

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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cynodon aethiopicus
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Wikipedia: Cynodon aethiopicus


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: Cynodon aethiopicus.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=105870, retrieved 28 March 2024

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