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G.582. Trachypogon
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Leaves: lamina linear. Inflorescence of solitary or digitate racemes, each raceme bearing paired spikelets. Sessile spikelet male or barren and awnless, otherwise resembling the pedicellate. Pedicellate spikelet bisexual with pungent callus; lower glume grey-brown, convex on the back; lower floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; upper lemma entire, with a hairy awn from the apex. The genus is unusual in that the sessile spikelet is male or barren and awnless. Worldwide: 3 species in tropical America and Africa. Zambia: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| chevalieri (Stapf) Jacq.-Fél. | N,W | ||
| spicatus (L.f.) Kuntze | B,N,W,C,E,S | C,Lk | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: TrachypogonFlora of Burundi: Trachypogon
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Flora of Malawi: Trachypogon
Flora of Mozambique: Trachypogon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Trachypogon
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TrachypogonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Trachypogon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Trachypogon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Trachypogon
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iNaturalist: Trachypogon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Trachypogon
JSTOR Plant Science: Trachypogon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Trachypogon
Plants of the World Online: Trachypogon
Tropicos: Trachypogon
Wikipedia: Trachypogon
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