Isachne mauritiana Kunth

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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms:	Isachne aethiopica Stapf & C.E. Hubb.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Rambling perennial grass, 30-60 cm, ascending from a prostrate base, rooting at the nodes. Leaf laminae 5–20 cm. long, 3–17 mm. wide, linear-lanceolate. Inflorescence a diffuse panicle. Panicle 10–20 cm. long, diffuse. Spikelets 1.2–1.8 mm. long, obovoid, the florets bisexual and contiguous. Glumes as long as spikelet, glabrous or with a few hairs towards the apex. Lemmas broadly elliptic to subrotund, the inferior a little larger than the superior, crustaceous, glabrous, obtuse.
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Derivation of specific name:	mauritiana: from Mauritius
Habitat:	In shaded forest.
Altitude range:	1000 - 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	From Ghana and Kenya, south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique, also Mauritius and Madagascar
Mozambique distribution:	Z,MS
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 1 June 2022
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 353. (Includes a picture). Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 193. 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 105. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 149. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 86.

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