Melinis longiseta (A. Rich.) Zizka
subsp. bellespicata (Rendle) Zizka

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Synonyms: Melinis chaetophora Mez
Melinis secunda Mez
Rhynchelytrum bellespicatum (Rendle) Stapf & C.E. Hubb.
Tricholaena bellespicata Rendle
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Status: Native
Description:
Tufted to loosely caespitose perennial. Culms 20–100 cm. high, geniculately ascending or erect. Leaf laminae (3)6–20 cm. long, 1.5–5(6) mm. wide, flat. Panicle 4–17 cm. long, narrowly oblong to linear. Pedicels with a few long hairs. Spikelets (3.5)4–8.5 mm. long, usually linear. Inferior glume 0.6–1.4 mm. long, inconspicuously 1-nerved, ovate, separated from the superior by an internode 0.3–0.5 mm. long; superior glume 5-nerved, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, emarginate to bilobed, awned, densely hairy on the keel, glabrous on the sides. Inferior floret male, its lemma 5-nerved, similar to the superior glume but glabrous on the keel and hairy on the sides, the palea scabrous on its keels.
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Notes: Easily recognized by its 5-nerved superior glume and the scabrous palea keels of the inferior floret. The pattern of hairiness of superior glume and inferior lemma is also very characteristic. Leaf laminae (3)6–20 cm. long, 1.5–5(6) mm. wide. Spikelets (3.5)4–8.5 mm. long, usually linear.
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Habitat: Stony ground in open, sunny locations in Mopane woodland, often in crevices
Altitude range: 300 - 2100 m
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Mc
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25.

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 119 - 121.

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.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 140.

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 190.

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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 longiseta subsp. bellespicata.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=107380, retrieved 19 March 2024

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