Panicum porphyrrhizos Steud.

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Status: Native
Description:
Perennial with tough, robust culms 50–200 cm. high from a shortly rhizomatous or tufted base; the upper nodes not sharply demarcated, the pigment diffusing above and below. Leaf laminae 15–30 cm. long and 5–10 mm. wide, linear, flat, acuminate. Panicle (20)30–50 cm. long, ovate or oblong, moderately to much branched, the tertiary and sometimes the secondary branches appressed. Spikelets 3–3.5 mm. long, narrowly ovate, acuminate; inferior glume 1/4–1/3 the length of the spikelet, broadly ovate, 1–3-nerved; superior glume 7–9-nerved; inferior lemma similar to the superior glume, sterile, its palea poorly developed; superior lemma and palea pallid, glossy
Type location:
Ethiopia
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Habitat: Damp ground near swamps and rivers
Altitude range: 400 - 2250 m
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Worldwide distribution: occurring Northwards to West Africa and Ethiopia, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): C,E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): S
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Literature:

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 29 - 30.

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.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Panicum porphyrrhizos
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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 porphyrrhizos.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106440, retrieved 19 March 2024

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