Panicum kalaharense Mez

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Robust perennial of caespitose or shortly rhizomatous habit; culms 100–200 cm. tall, arising from a pubescent base. Leaf laminae 20–50 cm. long and 2–7 mm. wide, tough, linear, flat or involute, acuminate. Panicle 19–27 cm. long, broadly ovate, moderately to much branched. Spikelets 3–4 mm. long ovate, pinched at the apex; inferior glume 1/2–2/3 the length of the spikelet, broadly ovate, 5-nerved, acute or acuminate; superior glume 5–7-nerved; inferior lemma 7-nerved, male, its palea well developed; superior lemma and palea pallid or dark, glossy.
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Habitat: Grassland and savanna on sandy soils
Altitude range: 500 - 1200 m
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Worldwide distribution: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Literature:

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 31 - 33. (Includes a picture).

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 481. (Includes a picture).

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 142.

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 191.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Panicum kalaharense.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106300, retrieved 19 March 2024

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