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G.391. Chloris - Rhodes grasses
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescences of slender persistent racemes, usually arranged digitately, less often along a central axis. Spikelets 2-4(-6)-flowered, alternate in two rows, disarticulating above the glumes. Glumes unequal, membranous, 1-nerved, usually persistent. Lowermost floret fertile; fertile lemma cartilaginous, 3-nerved, laterally flattened, usually ciliate on the margins and keel, entire or 2-lobed at the apex with a subapical awn; 2nd to 6th florets sterile; lemmas vestigial, awned or awnless. Worldwide: c. 55 species in tropical and warm temperate regions of both hemispheres Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| gayana Kunth | N,C,S | S | Description |
| pycnothrix Trin. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,N | Description, Image |
| virgata Sw. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Cb,N,Lk,W | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Chloris:
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Flora of Botswana: ChlorisFlora of Burundi: Chloris
Flora of Caprivi: Chloris
Flora of Malawi: Chloris
Flora of Mozambique: Chloris
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chloris
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ChlorisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chloris
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chloris
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chloris
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Chloris
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chloris
JSTOR Plant Science: Chloris
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chloris
Plants of the World Online: Chloris
Tropicos: Chloris
Wikipedia: Chloris
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