Sacciolepis micrococcus Mez

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sacciolepis

Characteristics

Annual, growing in clumps; culms 15–70 cm. high.. Leaf-blades filiform, folded, 4–15 cm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, papillose on the nerves above.. Panicle cylindrical, slender, 2–15 cm. long.. Spikelets elliptic, slightly laterally compressed, 0.7–1 mm. long, glabrous; lower glume ovate, 1/3–2/3 as long as the spikelet; upper glume membranous; lower floret barren, with or without a palea up to 0.25 mm. long; upper lemma almost as long as the spikelet, white.
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Spikelets 0.7–1 mm. long, elliptic, slightly laterally compressed, glabrous.
Leaf laminae filiform, folded, papillose on the nerves above.
Panicle 2–15 cm. long, cylindrical, slender.
Tufted annual 30–60 cm. high
Annual, growing in clumps.
Culms 15–70 cm. high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.7
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Environment

Marshy ground, rice fields.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Sacciolepis micrococcus world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:420099-1
WFO ID wfo-0000896827
COL ID 78YHN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Panicum micrococcum Sacciolepis nana Sacciolepis micrococcus