Echinochloa brevipedicellata (Peter) Clayton

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Echinochloa

Characteristics

Coarse tufted annual; culms 30–200 cm. high, erect.. Leaf-blades 10–30 cm. long, 4–10 mm. wide; ligule a ciliate fringe; sheaths glabrous.. Inflorescence lanceolate, 8–25 cm. long, the racemes several-rowed with crowded spikelets, 1–4 cm. long, closely spaced and overlapping.. Spikelets elliptic, 1.5–2.5(–3) mm. long, purple, pubescent to hispid; lower floret ♂, acute; upper lemma 1.5–2.5 mm. long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 2.0
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Usage

Uses gene source
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Echinochloa brevipedicellata world distribution map, present in Kenya and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:399652-1
WFO ID wfo-0000865215
COL ID 38GZ8
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Synonyms

Echinochloa brevipedicellata Panicum brevipedicellatum