Panicum bechuanense Bremek. & Oberm.

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Status: Native
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Tufted, hispid perennial with culms 60–120 cm. high from a knotty, pubescent base. Leaf laminae 15–25 cm. long and 2–6 mm. wide, linear, flat, acuminate. Panicle 17–26 cm. long, elliptic-oblong, moderately branched. Spikelets 2.5–3(3.5) mm. long, ovate; inferior glume 1/3 the length of the spikelet, broadly ovate, 1(3)-nerved; superior glume 5–7-nerved; inferior lemma similar to the superior glume, male, its palea well developed; superior lemma and palea pallid, glossy.
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Habitat: Grassy pans on Kalahari Sand
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Worldwide distribution: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Botswana distribution: N,SW,SE
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Literature:

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 30.

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 141.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Panicum bechuanense
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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 bechuanense.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106120, retrieved 29 March 2024

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