Stenotaphrum dimidiatum

Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn., Voy. Monde Phan.: 127 1832. (Syn: Panicum dimidiatum L.; Rottboellia complanata Sw. [Illegitimate]; Rottboellia dimidiata (L.) L.f.; Stenotaphrum complanatum (Sw.) Schrank; Stenotaphrum glabrum Trin. [Illegitimate]; Stenotaphrum glabrum var. multiflorum Döll; Stenotaphrum koenigii Schrank; Stenotaphrum madagascariense Kunth; Stenotaphrum swartzianum Nees);

 

Common name: Pemba Grass

 

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Culms ascending from a prostrate, matty base, to 30 cm; nodes glabrous. Leaf-blades flat or plicate, 3-12 x 0.05-0.12 cm, glabrous, margins apically scabrid; ligule ciliate, to 0.1 cm. Spike solitary, terminal, to 12 cm. Racemes to 1.5 cm, 3-8-spikeletted; rachis jointed, zigzag, winged. Spikelets ovate-lanceolate, to 0.5 cm; pedicels reduced, stump-like. Lower glume ovate, to 0.12 cm, obtuse, veinless; upper glume elliptic, cymbiform, to 0.45 cm, membranous, 7-9-veined; lower lemma ovate-lanceolate, to 0.5 cm, coriaceous, 5-7 veined, paleate; upper lemma lanceolate, to 0.45 cm, chartaceous, 5-veined; palea lanceolate, 2-veined.

from India Biodiversity Portal)

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References:

The Plant List Ver.1.1
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