G.465. Sacciolepis Nash

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a dense, spike-like panicle (in ours), rarely open. Spikelets laterally flattened (dorsally in S. interrupta), asymmetrical; glumes prominently ribbed; lower 1/4 to 3/4 the length of the spikelet; upper glume equalling spikelet and gibbous; lower lemma resembling upper glume but less gibbous; upper lemma dorsally flattened, thinly coriaceous to cartilaginous; margin flat or involute but never hyaline

Worldwide: 30 species in tropical and warm areas, especially Africa

Mozambique: 6 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
africana C.E. Hubb. & SnowdenMSDescription
chevalieri StapfNDescription
curvata (L.) ChaseZ,MS,GI,MDescription
indica (L.) ChaseN,MSDescription
spiciformis (A. Rich.) StapfN,Z,MS,GIDescription
typhura (Stapf) StapfZDescription, Image

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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Sacciolepis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sacciolepis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sacciolepis

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Sacciolepis.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=192, retrieved 29 March 2023

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