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Bushveld Signal Grass

Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf

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mosambicensis: of Mozambique
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106990
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Description

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Perennial tufted grass. Inflorescence of 3-20 racemes, up to 14 cm, each bearing a row of single spikelets along a narrowly winged rhachis. Spikelets 2.5-5.5 mm, ovate.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106990
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Frequency

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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106990
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Worldwide distribution

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From East Africa (Uganda and Kenya) southwards to South Africa
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=106990
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Physical Description

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Perennials, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Stolons or runners present, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Stem nodes bearded or hairy, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems with inflorescence 1-2 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly cauline, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open, or loose, Leaf sheath hairy, hispid or prickly, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaf blades linear, Leaf blades lanceolate, Leaf blades 2-10 mm wide, Leaf blades 1-2 cm wide, Leaf blades mostly flat, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Leaf blades more or less hairy, Ligule present, Ligule a fringed, ciliate, or lobed membrane, Ligule a fringe of hairs, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence a panicle with narrowly racemose or spicate branches, Inflorescence with 2-10 branches, Inflorescence branches 1-sided, Rachis dilated, flat, central axis to which spikelets are attached, Rachis winged, Rachis or rachillae sparsely to densely villous, with stiff yellow or red hairs, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets sessile or subsessile, Spikelets dorsally compressed or terete, Spikelet less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 1 fertile floret, Spikelets with 2 florets, Spikelet with one perfect floret and one staminate floret, Spikelets solitary at rachis nodes, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets bisexual, Spikelets disarticulating below the glumes, Spikelets secund, in rows on one side of rachis, Rachilla or pedice l glabrous, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 2 clearly present, Glumes distinctly unequal, Glumes equal to or longer than adjacent lemma, Glume surface hairy, villous or pilose, Glumes 3 nerved, Glumes 4-7 nerved, Lemma coriaceous, firmer or thicker in texture than the glumes, Lemma 5-7 nerved, Lemma glabrous, Lemma apex truncate, rounded, or obtuse, Lemma awnless, Lemma mucronate, very shortly beaked or awned, less than 1-2 mm, Lemma straight, Palea present, well developed, Palea longer than lemma, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fruit - caryopsis.
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Urochloa mosambicensis

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Urochloa mosambicensis, also known as sabi grass, gonya grass and bushveld signal grass is a species of grass that is native to southern parts of Africa.[1][2]

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Urochloa mosambicensis: Brief Summary

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Urochloa mosambicensis, also known as sabi grass, gonya grass and bushveld signal grass is a species of grass that is native to southern parts of Africa.

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