Melinis effusa (Rendle) Stapf

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Synonyms: Melinis minutiflora var. effusa Rendle
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Status: Native
Description:
Tufted perennial. Culms (59)70–130(160) cm. high, ascending, rarely erect. Leaf laminae (1.5)3–11(14) cm. long, (2)3–8(11) mm. wide, flat, often densely tomentose. Panicle (6)8–20(27) cm. long, ovate to narrowly ovate. Pedicels with a few long hairs towards the apex, scabrous. Spikelets 1.4–1.8 mm. long, narrowly ovate to oblong. Inferior glume (0.1)0.2–0.4(0.5) mm. long, ovate, inserted close to the superior; superior glume 7-nerved, awnless or mucronate, membranous, obtusely bilobed, glabrous to sparsely haity. Inferior floret barren without a palea, its lemma 5-nerved, acutely bilobed, equalling the superior glume but narrower with an awn 2–10 mm. long, rarely awnless.
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Habitat: Grassland, rarely Brachystegia woodland, often at anthropogenic sites and streamsides
Altitude range: 1000 - 2200 m
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, Northwards to Ghana and Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): B,N
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,N
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Literature:

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 124.

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 106.

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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: Melinis effusa.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=107350, retrieved 19 March 2024

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