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G.298. Stipagrostis
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials, with a knotty rhizomatous base. Inflorescence a narrow, often spike-like, terminal panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered, disarticulating above the glumes; floret bisexual equalling or shorter than the glumes. Glumes persistent, (1-)3(-11)-nerved, equal or unequal, acuminate to obtuse. Lemma cylindric, 3-nerved, becoming indurate at maturity, articulation present; basal callus densely barbate or glabrous; awns 3; at least the central awn plumose, or, if glabrous, then with a penicil of hairs at the base of the column. Worldwide: c. 50 species occurring in desert and semi-desert in Africa, Middle East, C Asia and Pakistan Caprivi: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| hirtigluma (Trin. & Rupr.) De Winter subsp. hirtigluma | |
| hirtigluma (Trin. & Rupr.) De Winter subsp. patula (Hack.) De Winter | Description, Image |
| uniplumis (Licht.) De Winter var. uniplumis | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Stipagrostis:
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Flora of Botswana: StipagrostisFlora of Mozambique: Stipagrostis
Flora of Zambia: Stipagrostis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Stipagrostis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): StipagrostisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Stipagrostis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Stipagrostis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Stipagrostis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Stipagrostis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Stipagrostis
JSTOR Plant Science: Stipagrostis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Stipagrostis
Plants of the World Online: Stipagrostis
Tropicos: Stipagrostis
Wikipedia: Stipagrostis
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