Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka
subsp. repens

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
115195018 Apr 2021T Alegria
T Alegria
MA Hyde
In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3 C1563-17.80445931.1377417
115196018 Apr 2021MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Disturbed ground8, Princes Close, Borrowdale10Zimbabwe1731C3 C1532-17.75615331.0948047
102288005 Jun 2019MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Weed in field of maizeBy minor road NE of Dandaro1,80Zimbabwe1731C3 C1532-17.77846731.0854067
100355010 Mar 2019MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Disturbed ground and edge of woodlandAt junction of Lark Rise and Hawkshead Drive, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C1 C1569-17.71457631.1232827
96901002 Jun 2018MA Hyde
T Alegria
MA Hyde
Disturbed roadside Lasting Impressions, Kadoma0Zimbabwe1829B4 C1090-18.43937829.8627697
66989027 Oct 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
A Mapaura
AM703
A Mapaura
M Xanthos
SRGH

K

BR

LMA

Stony ground. Area has been burnt in recent months. Mucandue River, Eastern slopes of Chimanimani mountains 168
33
0Mozambique1933C3 MS1114Plants 50 cm tall with white hairs at nodes. Inflorescence red. -19.81472033.1545807
66227025 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten
BW1026
M Stalmans
BR

TCT-CatapĂș

EOWBL

Disturbed cleared ground Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park 14
37
0Mozambique1934A1 MS54-19.05846034.2275107
90772031 Jan 2014BT Wursten
P Ballings
C Sharp
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB2145
MSM Sosef
BR

Woodland on Kalahari sandChesa Forest Reserve, Umguza District.1960Zimbabwe1928C3 W1235-19.98463028.2443007
54047111 Jan 2013AA Alfaca
AA Alfaca
05-11-01-2013
C Chapano
TCT-CatapĂș

RoadsideNext to the EN1,near the Catapu entrance820Mozambique1835A1 MS901 m high, flowers vermilion-18.04273335.1895837
50504003 Jan 2013MA Hyde
BT Wursten
M Coates Palgrave
P Ballings
Somewhat disturbed sandy grassland with a few treesOn Dyffryn Farm, close to main road between Headlands and Rusape
22
0Zimbabwe1832A3 C1490-18.43930032.1332407
38564009 Jan 2012MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Riverine vegetation in rocky gorgePokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo78
13
0Zimbabwe2031A1 S1050-20.12252031.0249007
38410008 Jan 2012MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Grassy areaGreat Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe62
13
0Zimbabwe2030B4 S1120-20.27268030.9341907
38146007 Jan 2012MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Disturbed roadsideBy the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park75
13
0Zimbabwe2031A1 S1090-20.21873031.0086807
37736026 Dec 2011MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
In open disturbed areaBy road from Swynnerton Memorial to main road, Chirinda Forest6
10
0Zimbabwe2032B3 E1080-20.42420032.7009507
31608014 Oct 2010MA Hyde
Vlei grasslandMonavale Vlei, Harare1,770Zimbabwe1731C3 C1460-17.80922031.0092000
28859022 May 2010MA Hyde
Weedy area of lawn and flower bedsNr entrance gate, MacDonald Park, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3 C1510-17.78642031.0295500
19180016 Mar 2008MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Roadside vergeChriston Bank, roadside nr carpark70Zimbabwe1731C1 TR888544C1350-17.58966031.0101706
20554031 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1337
MA Hyde
MSM Sosef
BR

Open grassy areaNr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo22,81
4
0Zimbabwe2028B1 PH694659W1400-20.19993028.6209706
53744426 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1328
MSM Sosef
WAG

BR

In dry riverbed in full sun, rocky soil Along road from Shashe Wilderness Camp to National Parks compound, Tuli9
4
0Zimbabwe2129C3 QF264740S5806
21419023 Jun 2007MA Hyde
Weedy areaArt Farm0Zimbabwe1731C1 TR946421C15400
16191028 Apr 2007MA Hyde
Sandy miombo woodlandNear entrance to Ruwa Scout Park340Zimbabwe1731C3 UR115223C15300
16080015 Apr 2007MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
Disturbed ground near roadsideNr turn-off to Haka, Cleveland Dam1,30Zimbabwe1731C3 UR033264C15400
15046005 Jan 2007MA Hyde
Roadside verge, sandy grasslandBy railway line just off the Harare to Mutare Rd, nr Bromley0Zimbabwe1831A2 UQ292968C16000
6168009 Apr 2006MA Hyde
Rocky area in open sandy woodlandMukuvisi Woodland1,20Zimbabwe1731C3 TR978257C14900
5595319 Mar 2006MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Sandy miombo woodlandVal D'Or120Zimbabwe1731C4 UR171269C15300
93164024 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1423
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C4 101660 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 60 cm high grass. Culms thin, red tinged. Nodes thickened. Inflorescence an open, terminal panicle. Spikelets soft hairy. Common-17.97583022.4833305
95514022 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1399
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Caprivi/Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2 99280 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 80 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Nodes covered with soft hairs. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets hairy. Uncommon. In damp clay soil of omuramba in full sun.-18.02694022.9650002
93371021 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1375
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Omega III, in omuramba.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 101390 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Leaves ovate, ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets white hairy. Occasional, in full sun.-17.84972022.9069405
93105020 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1353
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C3 105190 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high grass. Old leaves curled, pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Nodes thickened, covered with soft hairs. Occasional.-17.98194022.1036105
95407020 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1332
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A1 10451 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high, annual, softly pubescent grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves ovate. Culm nodes covered by soft hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Common, in sandy soil in full sun.-18.04278022.0030602
95008009 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1302
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Rundu - Divundu main road0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A1 1092grass; Notes: 1 m high grass. Leaves lanceolate, softly pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Culm nodes thickened and hairy. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, delicate. Uncommon, in sandy soil in full sun.-18.00111021.0591702
1132260 2001Maputo Elephant Reserve2260Mozambique2632B4 (QDS approximate)M0Listed in SABONET News 7(1), 2001 23-29 Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve.2
14677029 Jan 2000MA Hyde
Open sandy woodlandNear camp site, Mapor Estate, Odzi130Zimbabwe1932A2 VP370915E10000
82886020 Feb 1997DK Harder
DK Harder
3873
L Fish
PRE

Degraded Baikiaea forest.Livingstone District; ca. 34.8 km W of intersection of Lusaka Road and Livingstone-Sesheke Roads in Livingstone then ca. 1 km S on road to Mandia School, road through Katombora L.F. #30; in degraded Baikiaea forest. 0Zambia1725C4 S840Occasional; grass to 1 m; internodes red-purple; inflorescence bracts and fringes red-purple.-17.78361125.3886115
30332017 May 1996MA Hyde
RB Drummond
Sandy miombo woodland with extensive patches of cultivationHatfield, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR950237C1460-17.86790031.0649806
1183920 1996RB Drummond
I Mapaure
RB Drummond
I Mapaure
Broadly vlei habitatHarare vlei species in Bowyer-Bower et al. (1996)10Zimbabwe1731C3 (QDS approximate)C00
94348018 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
370
WIND

Caprivi: Inkasa Island, Malapo on banks on Linyandi River.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C3 0Perennial grass, up to 75 cm high when in flower. Inflorescence an open panicle, ovate in outing, 110 x 70 mm main axis erect but strongly sinuate, 2-flowered. Culms basally geniculate but steeply ascending otherwise erect, branched, slender but rigid, terete, dull green, nodes slightly gibbose and densely pubescent. Leaf blade lanceolate, up to 150 x 4 mm, usually expanded but margins tending to involute, dull green, glabrous, apex delicately tapered and withering, base slightly auriculate. Ligule a dense fringe of short, cream-coloured hairs especially long and conspicuous on collar. Leaf sheath tightly circumculmate, dull green to straw-coloured prominently ribbed, glabrous, persistent and fibrous at base. Racemes alternate, never whorled, ascending, at most 90 mm long, axis delicate, sinuate. Spikelets solitary, urn-shaped, 5 x 2 mm stalk apically cupular. Glumes scale-like, 1/3 of spikelet length. Lemma straw-coloured, densely sericeous with long silvery white to reddish hairs, awned.-17.87500024.1250004
94529010 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
208
HH Kolberg
WIND

Growing in Mopane woodland.Caprivi: Near Ibbu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D1 0Annual grass, up to 50 cm high when in flower. Inflorescence an open panicle, 70 mm long, borne on slender peduncle obscured by lower leaf blade. Leaf blade narrowly tapering, folded, up to 200 x 8 mm, softly textured with very sparsely scattered white indumentum, margin tends to ciliate especially. Leaf sheath overlapping, same length as blade with long, white straight hairs. Culm slender, erect with scattered, fine, white indumentum, yellow-green with occasional purple tints, nodes purple with a band of fine white hairs. Spikelet ovoid, 2.5 mm long enclosed by long silky hairs often with pink tinge, awn lacking. Spikelet stalk fine undulating. Anthers exerted, 1.5 mm long, golden yellow. Ligule a band of dense white hairs with longer silky hairs on collar.-17.62500024.6250004
17701019 Jan 1988MA Hyde
RoadsideMutley Bend10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR884280C00
17702019 Jan 1988MA Hyde
RoadsideNr Mukuvisi Bridge, Boshoff Drive10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR925229C00
17700016 Jan 1988MA Hyde
Glen Helen Way10Zimbabwe1731C1 UR046369C00
17699027 Sep 1987MA Hyde
RoadsideQuendon Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR894312C00
17698002 Aug 1987MA Hyde
RoadsideGoldenstairs Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR915349C00
17697007 May 1987MA Hyde
RoadsideErith Rd10Zimbabwe1730D4 TR870225C00
17696011 Oct 1986MA Hyde
RoadsideEastern Rd, nr cnr with Pringle Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 UR030309C00
17695031 May 1986MA Hyde
Weed in garden15, Cecil Rd, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR993288C00
17694021 Jan 1984MA Hyde
Cnr Glenara Avenue / Hillside10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR975274C00
63889027 Mar 1965EA Robinson
EA Robinson
R 6487
Peat bogChakwenga Headwaters area1710Zambia1529A2 C1075From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond. Name in list: Melinis repens -15.15210029.3537004
295300 Nov 1958OB Miller
OB Miller
5547
SRGH

Grassland Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1460Inflorescence; pink - white. [See note 16]0
284010 Edge of forestChirinda Forest60Zimbabwe2032B3 E00
700850 Mount Mulanje1790Malawi1535D3 S00
1187570 RB Drummond
Thestor Survey Area1,80Zimbabwe1731C3 C00

Total records found: 52



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: Species information: Records of: Melinis repens.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=107420, retrieved 19 April 2024

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