Brachiaria dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf

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Synonyms: 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: 1500 m (approx)
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Worldwide distribution: S. Africa, from Ethiopia and Sudan to Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi
Malawi distribution: N,C
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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

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.

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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Flora of Zimbabwe: Brachiaria dictyoneura

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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Brachiaria dictyoneura
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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 Malawi: Species information: Brachiaria dictyoneura.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106850, retrieved 5 October 2024

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