Craspedorhachis rhodesiana Rendle

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Craspedorhachis

Characteristics

Inflorescence up to 20 cm long, often partially embraced below by the uppermost leaf sheath, comprising (6)8–25 scattered racemes, these 6–16 cm long, slender, less than their own length apart on a rhachis c. 0.4 mm wide.
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Densely caespitose perennial with short oblique rhizome; culms up to 120 cm tall, erect; lowermost leaf sheaths persistent, chartaceous; leaf laminas 3–15(20) cm × 1–5 mm, the lowermost flat, the uppermost involute.
Spikelets 2–3 mm long; lemma 1.1–1.4 mm long, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, glabrous; palea glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system rhizome
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:396702-1
WFO ID wfo-0000860665
COL ID Z62Y
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Craspedorhachis rhodesiana var. gracilior Craspedorhachis rhodesiana