WorldFloraDB - Panicum bechuanense

Characteristics

Tufted perennial to 600 mm high, erect to geniculate. Leaf blade to 100 x 3-5 mm, upper leaf surface densely papillate; leaves and sheaths with bulbous-based hairs. Spikelet 2.4-3.5 mm long; glumes not recurved; lower glume ovate, 1/3 the spikelet length; upper glume 9-nerved; lower floret male, lemma 5-9-nerved, palea well developed; upper lemma pale to dark brown, shiny.

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Spikelets 2.5–3(3.5) mm. long, ovate; inferior glume 1/3 the length of the spikelet, broadly ovate, 1(3)-nerved; superior glume 5–7-nerved; inferior lemma similar to the superior glume, male, its palea well developed; superior lemma and palea pallid, glossy.

Tufted, hispid perennial with culms 60–120 cm. high from a knotty, pubescent base.

Leaf laminae 15–25 cm. long and 2–6 mm. wide, linear, flat, acuminate.

Panicle 17–26 cm. long, elliptic-oblong, moderately branched.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:410693-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000883200
COL ID	4CD3S
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Synonyms

Panicum bechuanense

WorldFloraDB 2024

Panicum bechuanense Bremek. & Oberm.

Species