Microchloa altera Stapf
  • Fl. Cap. 7: 637 (1900)


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Microchloa altera Stapf. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000879875. Accessed on: 22 Mar 2023'

Morphology

Densely caespitose perennial forming compact mats; culms glabrous to woolly-tomentose, up to 50(70) cm tall, the leaves mostly confined to the base; leaf sheaths splitting at the base into a cushion of fibres; leaf laminas 3–25 cm × up to 1.5 mm, often filiform.

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    Raceme 2–7(9) cm long, straight or curved, glabrous to woolly-tomentose at the base.

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    Spikelets 2(3)-flowered, 4.4–5 mm long; inferior glume glabrous; superior glume glabrous, crispate-hirsute or with a barbellate line on either side of the midnerve; fertile lemma 3.5–4.5 mm long; anthers 1.5–2 mm long.

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    Caryopsis 1.5–2.2 mm long.

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     Information From

    Flora Zambesiaca - descriptions
    Flora Zambesiaca
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    Poaceae
    https://wcvp.science.kew.org/
    Poaceae. Grasses. World Flora Online Data. 2022.
    • B CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).
    World Flora Online Consortium
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/WFO
    World Flora Online Data. 2017.
    • C CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).