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Brachiaria leucacrantha (K. Schum.) Stapf Panicum leucacranthum K. Schum. |
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| Description: |
Like U. xantholeuca but spikelets 4–5 mm. long, pubescent, becoming pilose above with the hairs forming a loose tuft on either side of the midnerve, caudate-acuminate. |
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| Notes: | Perhaps no more than a local variant of U. xantholeuca. |
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| Habitat: | Coastal bushland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe northward to Kenya, Uganda, DRC. |
| FZ divisions: | ? |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 76 - 78. as Brachiaria leucacrantha 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 101. as Brachiaria leucacrantha |