Chloris pycnothrix Trin.

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By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd, south of Kwekwe

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Synonyms:	Chloris intermedia A. Rich. Chloris leptostachya Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Common names:	Spiderweb chloris (English)
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Description:	Annual grass up to 45 cm tall, erect or ascending, often rooting from the nodes. Leaves 3–11 cm long, with a blunt apex. Inflorescence of 3–12 (sub)digitate racemes 1.5–7 cm long. Spikelets 2-flowered, 1–2-awned; inferior glume 1.3–1.4 mm long; superior glume 2–2.4 mm long. Fertile lemma narrowly elliptic in profile, 2.4–2.8 mm long, pallid, scabrid. Awn 11–27 mm long.
Type location:	Brazil
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa, Arabia and tropical America.
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Literature:	Chapano, C. (2002). A checklist of Zimbabwean grasses Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 16. Pretoria. Page 8. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. Cope, T.A. (1999). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2) Page 210. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 131. Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. & Nembudani, M.T. (2015). Identification Guide to Southern African Grasses Strelitzia 36 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Page 167. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 33. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 127. Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 64 - 65. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 133. Troupin, G. & Maquet, P. (1988). Poaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 215. (Includes a picture). Van Oudtshoorn, F.P. (1992). Grasses of South Africa Briza Publications, South Africa Page 232. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 85.

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