Trichopteryx marungensis Chiov.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Trichopteryx

Characteristics

Perennial; culms 20–60 cm. long, wiry, trailing or geniculately ascending, the internodes longer than the leaf-sheaths.. Leaf-blades lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 1–4 cm. long, 2–6 mm. wide, ± reflexed.. Panicle lanceolate to ovate, 5–10 cm. long.. Spikelets 3.5–5 mm. long, minutely pubescent, sometimes also setose with stiff tubercle-based hairs; upper lemma 2–2.5 mm. long, pubescent, the lateral tufts short and small; central awn 6–12 mm. long, the laterals 1.5–3.5 mm. long.
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Superior lemma pubescent, with lateral tufts 0.4–1 mm. long; central awn 6–12 mm. long, the laterals 1.5–3.5 mm.
Culms 20–60 cm. long, wiry, trailing or geniculately ascending, the internodes longer than the leaf-sheath.
Panicle 5–12 cm. long, lanceolate to ovate; pedicel hairs inconspicuous, up to 1 mm. long.
Leaf laminae 1–4 cm. long, 2–6 mm. wide, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, ± reflexed.
Spikelets 3.5–5 mm. long, minutely pubescent, sometimes also tuberculate-setose.
Trailing wiry culms 30–60 cm. long
Perennial.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Swampy places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Trichopteryx marungensis world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:424706-1
WFO ID wfo-0000904372
COL ID 58J4Y
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Synonyms

Trichopteryx decumbens Trichopteryx gracillima Arundinella marungensis Trichopteryx marungensis