Prosphytochloa prehensilis (Nees) Schweick.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, climber, up to 10 m high. Leaf blade of 2 dissimilar kinds, margins scabrid; lower leaves lanceolate, acuminate, expanded, ± flaccid, caudate; upper leaves filiform, longer than lower leaves, apex long filiform; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence an open panicle. Spikelets 6-9 mm long, awnless; glumes minute, very reduced, ± equal, joined to form a small cup, awnless. Florets 3; lower 2 florets sterile, subulate, minute; uppermost floret bisexual, lemma acuminate, boat-shaped, coarsely covered with hyaline spines, entire, margins inflexed, 5-nerved, scarcely keeled; anther 4.5-6.0 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-Apr.
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Perennial, climber up to 10 m high. Leaf blades of 2 dissimilar kinds, margins scabrid; lower leaves 50-160 mm long, lanceolate, acute, expanded, ± flaccid, caudate; upper leaves filiform, 200-220 mm long, with very long filiform apices. Inflorescence 50-120 mm long, ovate, open. Spikelet 6-9 mm long, awnless; glumes minute, cup-like; lower two florets sterile, subulate, uppermost floret fertile; anther 4.5-6.0 mm long.
Perennial, climber. Leaf blades up to 150 mm long, 5-10 mm wide (scabrid). Spikelets 6-9 mm long. Inflorescence a loose panicle; spikelets with solitary female-fertile florets subtended by minute cuplike glumes and 2 subulate sterile lemmas.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Distribution

Prosphytochloa prehensilis world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:418791-1
WFO ID wfo-0000894812
COL ID 4MY3W
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Synonyms

Maltebrunia prehensilis Potamophila prehensilis Prosphytochloa prehensilis Oryza prehensilis