Styppeiochloa De Winter

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Spikelets 2–5-flowered; glumes unequal to subequal, shorter than the spikelet; floret callus short, obtuse; lemmas keeled, 3–5(7)-nerved, glabrous or pubescent on the margins, bilobed at the apex, with a short straight awn in the sinus, sometimes the lobes also awned; palea almost as long as the lemma, the keels glabrous, wingless.
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Inflorescence a contracted panicle.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Styppeiochloa world distribution map, present in Angola, Madagascar, Mozambique, eSwatini, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19096-1
WFO ID wfo-4000037026
COL ID 8W3W5
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Synonyms

Styppeiochloa

Lower taxons

Styppeiochloa catherineana Styppeiochloa hitchcockii Styppeiochloa gynoglossa