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Brachiaria grossa Stapf Panicum nudiglume var. major Rendle |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual. Culms 30–100 cm. high. Leaf laminae cordate or not, the margins scaberulous. Inflorescence of 3–14 racemes, these 3–10 cm. long, bearing paired loosely continguous spikelets on a stiff triquetrous rhachis. Spikelets 3–4 mm. long, obovate-elliptic, glabrous, obtuse to subacute, without a stipe. Inferiorglume1/4–1/2 length of spikelet. Superior lemma coarsely rugose, obtuse. |
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| Habitat: | Open places in savanna woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya to South Africa |
| FZ divisions: | N,SW |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 76 - 77. as Brachiaria grossa (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 432. as Brachiaria grossa (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 101. as Brachiaria grossa Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 132. as Brachiaria grossa |