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Brachiaria eruciformis (J.E. Sm.) Griseb. Panicum eruciforme J.E.Smith Panicum wightii Nees |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Loosely tufted annual. Culms 10–60 cm. high, geniculately ascending. Inflorescence of 3–14 racemes, these 0.5–2.5 cm. long, bearing single spikelets on a triquetrous rhachis, sometimes with a secondary racemlet at the base. Spikelets 1.7–3 mm. long, pubescent (very rarely glabrous), subacute. Inferior glume a tiny scale up to 1/5 length of spikelet. Superior floret readily deciduous, its lemma smooth, shiny and obtuse. |
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| Habitat: | Disturbed or overgrazed places in damp grassland, particularly on black clays |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 300 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | from S. Africa to the Mediterranean, eastward to India |
| FZ divisions: | C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. as Brachiaria eruciformis Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 73 - 74. as Brachiaria eruciformis Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 31. as Brachiaria eruciformis 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 eruciformis Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 132. as Brachiaria eruciformis |