Pseudobromus K. Schum.

Launert, E. (1971) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(1)

Description of the genus

Perennial forest grasses with usually flaccid leaves. Leaf-laminae usually inconspicuously and irregularly tessellate. Inflorescence a large, open panicle, erect or nodding. Spikelets solitary, pedicelled, slightly compressed laterally; florets 1 or 2(4). Glumes 2, persistent, subequal, 1-3-nerved, membranous. Lemmas exceeding the glumes, firmly membranous, dorsally rounded. Paleas c. as long as the body of the lemmas. Caryopsis oblong in outline, ventrally longitudinally grooved.

Worldwide: Three or four species in Africa and Madagascar.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
engleri (Pilg.) Clayton		N,E?	Description

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Wikipedia: Pseudobromus

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Pseudobromus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=122, retrieved 30 December 2024

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