G.481. Alloteropsis C. Presl

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence of irregular racemes, these digitate or in whorls on a short common axis; racemes sometimes bare at base bearing the spikelets in pairs or in clusters. Spikelets ovate to elliptic; glumes acute to shortly awned; lower c. 1/2 as long, upper as long as the spikelet with ciliate margin; upper lemma awned, crisply chartaceous; margin involute.

Worldwide: 6 species in the Old World tropics

Mozambique: 5 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
cimicina (L.) Stapf	N,M	Description
paniculata (Benth.) Stapf	Z
papillosa Clayton	MS,M
semialata (R. Br.) Hitchc. subsp. eckloniana (Nees) Gibbs Russ.	MS	Description
semialata (R. Br.) Hitchc. subsp. semialata	N,Z,MS	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Alloteropsis
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alloteropsis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alloteropsis
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