Echinochloa ugandensis Snowden & C.E. Hubb.

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Echinochloa ugandensis

Lufupa River
Jul 2011
Photo: K.J. Murphy

Echinochloa ugandensis

Lufupa River
Jul 2011
Photo: K.J. Murphy

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Status: Native
Description:
Annual. Culms 25–100 cm. high; ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence 5–20 cm. long, linear; racemes up to 4 cm. long, like E. colona. Spikelets 2.5–3.5 mm. long, elliptic, pubescent. Inferior floret ? or barren, its lemma acute or with an awn point up to 3 mm. long. Superior lemma 2–2.5 mm. long.
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Notes: Safrass project: Probability of occurrence in Zambia: MOD
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Habitat: In or near shallow pools and other wet places
Altitude range: Up to 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution: from Kenya to S. Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): B,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces): W
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Content last updated: Thursday 11 May 2017
Literature:

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 55 - 56.

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 103.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 135.

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Flora of Botswana: Echinochloa ugandensis
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Echinochloa ugandensis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Echinochloa ugandensis
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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: Echinochloa ugandensis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106720, retrieved 19 March 2024

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