G.315. Fingerhuthia Nees

Description of the genus

Perennials. Inflorescence a spike-like panicle with sterile spikelets at the base. Spikelets falling entire, strongly laterally flattened, 2-4(-5)-flowered; lower floret fertile, upper male or barren. Glumes subequal, 1-nerved; lemmas 5-7-nerved in the upper part, 3-nerved below, membranous, shortly awned.

Worldwide: 1-2 species with disjunct distribution in Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and southern Africa

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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africana Nees ex Lehm.GI,MDescription

Other sources of information about Fingerhuthia:

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Flora of Botswana: Fingerhuthia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Fingerhuthia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Fingerhuthia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Fingerhuthia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Fingerhuthia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Fingerhuthia
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iNaturalist: Fingerhuthia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fingerhuthia
JSTOR Plant Science: Fingerhuthia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Fingerhuthia
Plants of the World Online: Fingerhuthia
Tropicos: Fingerhuthia
Wikipedia: Fingerhuthia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Fingerhuthia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=153, retrieved 19 March 2024

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