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Monocymbium ceresiiforme
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| Synonyms: |
Andropogon ceresiiformis var. breviaristatus Hack. Andropogon ceresiiformis var. hirtellus Franch. Andropogon ceresiiformis var. submuticus Hack. Andropogon ceresiiformis Nees Hypogynium ceresiiforme (Nees) Roberty Monocymbium nimbanum Jacq.-Fél. |
| Common names: | Oat grass (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial of variable habit ranging from plants up to 130 cm high with weak culms easily lodged by rain and sometimes straggling, to plants scarcely exceeding 30 cm with wiry culms arising from a basal tussock of leaves mixed with the fibrous remains of old sheaths; leaf laminas 5–25 cm × 2–5 mm, glabrous or pilose. False panicle linear, open; spatheoles 2–4 cm long, narrowly lanceolate, reddish-brown. Sessile spikelet 3–4 mm long, elliptic; callus longer than wide, pilose on both sides and at the base; inferior glume softly pilose to villous; superior glume with an awn 2–6 mm long; superior lemma with an awn 6–20 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet similar to the sessile spikelet, but awnless and with a callus 0.5–1 mm long. |
| Notes: | Short, tufted grass, mostly less than 50 cm. Inflorescence of several racemes, each largely covered by an orange to purple-brown spathe. |
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| Habitat: | Grasslands on a wide variety of soils including those contaminated by heavy metals around copper mines |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical and South Africa |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 354. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 39. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. Cope, T.A. (2002). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4) Pages 143 - 145. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 49. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 107. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 141. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 150. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 190. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 86. |
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