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Digitaria complanata
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Photo: Petra Ballings
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small and slender annual grass. Culms 10–20 cm high, erect; nodes dark and hairless. Ligule rimlike, c. 1 mm. long, shortly ciliate. Leaves linear, 2–5 cm long, flat, hairless on both surfaces; margins smooth. Inflorescence composed of 1–2 racemes, 2–4 cm long, both on short peduncles. Rhachis asymmetrically winged, undulating. Spikelets oblong-lanceolate, 1.9–2.1 mm long. Inferior glume absent. Superior glume c. 1/2–2/3 of the spikelet, oblong-triangular, stiff, appressed white hairy, overtopping the superior glume. Inferior lemma as long as the spikelet, oblong-lanceolate with recurved margins, 5-nerved, appressed hairy. Superior lemma somewhat shorter than the spikelet, oblong-lanceolate, sharply keeled, pale yellow or sometimes purplish tinged. |
| Notes: | The specimens in the images (Ballings & Wursten PB2674, BR) are the first record for this species in Malawi. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In wet grassland and dambos. |
| Altitude range: | 2300 m (approx) |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, northern Zambia and Malawi (Nyika). |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 3 July 2019 |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 156 - 157. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 128. |
Other sources of information about Digitaria complanata:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Digitaria complanataFlora of Zambia: Digitaria complanata
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Digitaria complanataBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Digitaria complanata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Digitaria complanata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Digitaria complanata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Digitaria complanata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Digitaria complanata
JSTOR Plant Science: Digitaria complanata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Digitaria complanata
Plants of the World Online: Digitaria complanata
Tropicos: Digitaria complanata
Wikipedia: Digitaria complanata
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