Panicum perangustatum Renvoize

Species

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Characteristics

Spikelets 3.5–4.5 mm. long, lanceolate, glabrous; inferior glume 1/4 the length of the spikelet, broadly ovate, clasping, 3-nerved; superior glume 9–11-nerved, acuminate; inferior lemma 9–11-nerved, acuminate, its palea poorly developed, sterile; superior lemma and palea 2.5 mm. long, pallid, beaked.
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Panicle 2–5 cm. long, linear, sparsely branched, the branches appressed to the axis, scarcely exserted from the uppermost leaf-sheath.
Leaf laminae 3–8 cm. long and 1–3 mm. wide, flat or folded, acute or finely pointed, ascending or appressed to the culms.
Tufted annual with erect or geniculately ascending, slender culms 20–30 cm. high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Panicum perangustatum world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:937895-1
WFO ID wfo-0000885683
COL ID 6TMTB
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Panicum perangustatum