Urochloa dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Veldkamp

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Synonyms: Brachiaria dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf
Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) Schweick.
Panicum dictyoneurum Fig. & De Not.
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Status: Native
Description:
Densely tufted perennial. Culms 40–120 cm. high, never rooting at the nodes. Leaf laminae 3–15(30) mm. wide, linear to lanceolate. Inflorescence of 3–8(12) racemes, these 1–8 cm. long, bearing spikelets singly on a triquetrous rhachis. Spikelets as for B. humidicola.
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Habitat: Savanna woodland and dambo margins
Altitude range: (metres) 1500 m (approx)
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Worldwide distribution: Nigeria, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Eswatini and South Africa.
FZ divisions: N
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. As Brachiaria humidicola

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. As Brachiaria humidicola

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 66 - 68. As Brachiaria humidicola

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 68. As Brachiaria dictyoneura

Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 344. as Brachiaria dictyoneura (Includes a picture).

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 433. As Brachiaria humidicola (Includes a picture).

Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 31. As Brachiaria humidicola

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 humidicola

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 132. As Brachiaria humidicola

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 132. As Brachiaria dictyoneura

Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 1 Plant Ecology and Evolution 149(3) Page 359. as Brachiaria dictyoneura

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 187. As Brachiaria humidicola


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Urochloa dictyoneura.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106850, retrieved 12 July 2025

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