Description
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Perennial. Leaf lamina broad, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic; base sagittate. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, spike-like, consisting of short racemes inserted along a leaf-like rhachis. Spikelets unisexual, axillary inflorescences female, the terminal bisexual. Female spikelets larger than the male. Glumes 2, shorter than the spikelet. Lower floret reduced to a lemma. Upper floret: lemma coriaceous, 5-7-nerved.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Phyllorachis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=119
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Phyllorachis: Brief Summary
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Phyllorachis is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Phyllorachis sagittata native to Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, and Mozambique.
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