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Acroceras zizanioides (Kunth) Dandy

Oat grass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Acroceras

Characteristics

Perennial; culms slender, 30–100 cm. high, scrambling from a prostrate base, the nodes glabrous.. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 4–15 cm. long, 6–26 mm. wide, faintly cross-veined, broadly rounded at the base, this constricted or subamplexicaul.. Inflorescence 10–25 cm. long, the racemes 4–12 cm. long, mostly divergent, their rhachis glabrous, sometimes with secondary branching.. Spikelets lanceolate, 4.5–6.5 mm. long, glabrous, the glumes not separated; upper glume and lower lemma distinctly nipped at the tip.
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Inflorescence 10–25 cm. long, the racemes 4–12 cm. long, mostly divergent from the central axis, sometimes with secondary branchlets.
Leaf laminae narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 6–26 mm. wide, faintly cross-nerved, broadly rounded at base.
Glumes not separated, the superior glume and inferior lemma distinctly nipped at apex.
Rambling perennial 60–120 cm. high, rooting at lower nodes
Culms 30–100 cm. high, decumbent below.
Spikelets 4.5–6.5 mm. long, lanceolate.
Rambling perennial.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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Environment

Moist and shady soils, or growing in shallow water.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use material
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Distribution

Acroceras zizanioides world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Central African Republic, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Liberia, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Acroceras zizanioides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3538-2
WFO ID wfo-0000841421
COL ID 9LBW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732241
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Synonyms

Acroceras oryzoides Panicum grandiflorum Panicum poiforme Panicum subspicatum Acroceras zizanioides Panicum balbisianum Panicum dioecum Panicum lutetense Panicum ogowense Panicum pseudoryzoides Panicum melicoides Panicum oryzoides Panicum zizanioides var. microphyllum Echinochloa zizanioides Panicum zizanioides
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