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Alloteropsis paniculata Stapf

Species

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Characteristics

Annual; culms 60–150 cm. high, often decumbent, nodes glabrous.. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate, 4–12 cm. long, 8–20 mm. wide, glabrous on the margins, broadly rounded and ± amplexicaul at the base.. Inflorescence of 8–25 racemes, usually in 2 or more whorls; racemes 9–20 cm. long, bearing spikelets almost or quite to the base.. Spikelets narrowly elliptic, 3.5–4.5 mm. long; lower glume 1/3–1/2 as long as the spikelet; upper glume acute to acuminate, membranous, the margins ciliate with appressed hairs ± 0.5 mm. long; upper lemma with an awn 2.5–7 mm. long, the palea smooth.
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Inflorescence of 8–25 racemes, usually in 2 or more whorls; racemes 9–20 cm. long, bearing spikelets almost or quite to the base.
Leaf laminae 8–20 mm. wide, narrowly lanceolate, ± amplexicaul, glabrous on the margins.
Superior lemma with an awn 2.5–7 mm. long, its palea smooth.
Culms 60–150 cm. high, often decumbent; nodes glabrous.
Superior glume membranous, acute to acuminate.
Annual up to about 1·2 m. high
Spikelets 3.5–4.5 mm. long.
Annual.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.5
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Environment

Moist soils and marshy places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food material
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Alloteropsis paniculata world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Alloteropsis paniculata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:386999-1
WFO ID wfo-0000845367
COL ID BZNH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 705801
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Synonyms

Alloteropsis paniculata Mezochloa aubertii Oplismenus benthamii Panicum aubertii Urochloa paniculata Axonopus paniculatus Echinochloa paniculata Panicum benthamii
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