Urochloa oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard

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Synonyms: Brachiaria bulawayensis (Hackel) Henr.
Eriochloa bolbodes (Steud.) Schweinf.
Helopus bolbodes Steud.
Panicum bolbodes (Steud.) Schweinf.
Panicum bulawayense Hackel
Panicum oligotrichum Fig. & De Not.
Urochloa bolbodes (Steud.) Stapf
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Status: Native
Description:
Tufted perennial, the base silky tomentose. Culms 20–120 cm. high, ascending. Leaf laminae broadly linear. Inflorescence of 2–20 racemes, these bearing mostly paired spikelets on a subtriquetrous rhachis, the latter with or without sparse bristles. Spikelets 3.5–6 mm. long, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, glabrous, pubescent or setosely fringed, acuminate. Inferior glume 2/3–3/4 length of spikelet, lanceolate, 5–nerved, membranous to herbaceous, without a central tuft of bristles, narrowly obtuse to acute. Superior lemma granulose to rugulose, with a mucro 0.3–1 mm. long.
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Derivation of specific name: oligotricha: with few hairs
Habitat: Savanna woodland, roadsides and old farmland
Altitude range: 500 - 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution: Ethiopia to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): C,E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Lk,S
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36.

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 82 - 84.

Isaiah, A.M. & Komi, T. (2015). Grasses in the Botswana National Botanic Garden South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Page 35. (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 111.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 147.

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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: Urochloa oligotricha.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=107000, retrieved 19 March 2024

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