Tetrapogon tenellus
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Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
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Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
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Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
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Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
Photo: Chrissy Wenham
Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
Photo: Chrissy Wenham
Malilangwe Reserve, Chiredzi
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| Synonyms: |
Chloris tenella K.D. Koenig ex Roxb. Chloris triangulata Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tetrapogon triangulatus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Schweinf. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial, the culms loosely caespitose, erect or ascending, up to 60 cm tall; leaf sheaths loosely flabellate at the base; leaf laminas 5–22 cm × 2–4 mm.Racemes solitary or paired, 5–8 cm long.Spikelets 4–7-flowered, the lowermost 3–4 florets fertile and awned, the remainder sterile and awnless; glumes ovate-lanceolate, acute, acuminate or rarely awned, the inferior 2.8–4 mm long, the superior 3.2–4.2 mm long; lemmas obovate-triangular in profile, 5–5.8 mm long, shortly ciliate along the nerves or subglabrous, with an awn 5.4–10 mm long; anthers minute, c. 0.15 mm long.Caryopsis oblong, 1.8–3 mm long. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | tenellus: very soft, tender. |
| Habitat: | In hot dry sandveld and on rocky outcrops, in mopane woodland and on black basaltic soils usually under Acacia spp |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 200 - 600 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Sudan and southwards through tropical Africa to Angola, Namibia and South Africa, and in southwest Asia extending into India |
| FZ divisions: | GI |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 8 August 2021 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Pages 207 - 209. (Includes a picture). 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 111. |
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