Nematopoa longipes (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) C.E.Hubb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Nematopoa

Characteristics

Spikelets 4.5–8.5 mm long; inferior glume minute, 0.4–0.9 mm long, narrowly lanceolate, nerveless; superior glume 1.3–1.8 mm long, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 0–1-nerved; lemmas 2.8–4.2 mm long, narrowly oblong-lanceolate; awn 11–13 mm long.
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Loosely caespitose perennial up to 80 cm tall, arising from a slender rhizome and forming tufts up to 30 cm in diameter; culms erect, slender; leaf lamina 7–25 cm long, filiform, flexuous, firm but not pungent, glabrous.
Panicle 6–16 cm long, ovate or oblong, the branches ascending or spreading.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.8
Root system rhizome
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Environment

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Nematopoa longipes world distribution map, present in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:409401-1
WFO ID wfo-0000881375
COL ID 746SY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crinipes longipes Triraphis longipes Nematopoa longipes