Setaria grandis Stapf

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Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park.

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Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park.

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Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Robust tufted perennial 2-3 m high with fan-shaped, overlapping basal sheaths. Leaves up to 15 mm wide. Inflorescence lanceolate in outline, 20–30 cm long, , with stiffly spreading or ascending raceme-like primary branches up to 3 cm long and numerous rigid almost prickly bristles 10–25 mm long. Spikelets narrowly ovate, 3.5–4 mm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	grandis: of great size
Habitat:	In marshy places along streams and lakes.
Altitude range:	2300 - 2500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Only known from the Nyika Plateau in Malawi.
Malawi distribution:	N
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Endemic status:	Endemic
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Content last updated:	Saturday 29 June 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 361. (Includes a picture). Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 102 - 103. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 58. Willis, C.K., Burrows, J.E., Fish, L., Phiri, P.S.M., Chikuni, A.C. & Golding, J. (2001). Developing a greater understanding of the flora of the Nyika Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71(2) Page 999.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Setaria grandis
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