Loxodera bovonei (Chiov.) Launert

Species

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Characteristics

Sessile spikelet lanceolate-oblong; inferior glume 6.5–10 mm long, densely long-pilose to appressed tuberculate-hispid, the nerves raised but not prominently rib-like, the margins not muricate.
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Raceme 6–9 cm long, stiff, grey; internodes narrowly clavate, densely pubescent, the scarious rim at the summit complete and concealing much of the callus.
Pedicelled spikelet much reduced, up to 6 mm long including the occasional awn of the inferior glume.
Densely caespitose perennial; culms up to 95 cm high; leaf laminas 7–20 cm × 2–5 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.95
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Loxodera bovonei world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:407659-1
WFO ID wfo-0000878713
COL ID 3W9HX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Loxodera bovonei Loxodera rigidiuscula Rhytachne pilosa Rottboellia bovonei Rhytachne bovonei