Craspedorhachis Benth.

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Spikelets 1-flowered without rhachilla extension, sessile, alternate in 2 rows on a tough axis, disarticulating above the glumes; glumes unequal, firmly membranous, 1-nerved, acute, the inferior keeled, the superior dorsally broadly rounded and deciduous; lemma 1/3–1/2 as long as the glumes, dorsally broadly rounded, hyaline, obtuse.
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Inflorescence of several to many (rarely just 1) racemes, these digitate or scattered along a central axis; racemes bearing appressed spikelets on a flat rhachis.
Caryopsis ellipsoid.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Craspedorhachis world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17802-1
WFO ID wfo-4000009575
COL ID 8VWJB
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Synonyms

Craspedorhachis

Lower taxons

Craspedorhachis africana Craspedorhachis digitata Craspedorhachis rhodesiana