Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora (Hochst.) Zizka

First published in Biblioth. Bot. 38(138): 60 (1988)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Africa to Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Distribution
N1; C2; S1 tropical and South Africa eastwards through Arabia to India.
Ecology
Altitude range 650–1600 m.
Vernacular
Duramo, sadeh-ho (Somali).
[FSOM]

Gramineae, W. D. Clayton, S. M. Phillips & S. A. Renvoize. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1974

Morphology General Habit
Tufted annual; culms 30–120 cm. high, erect or decumbent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades 5–15 cm. long, 2–5 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Panicle narrowly oblong to ovate, 5–15 cm. long; pedicels glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets oblong, 6–11 mm. long, yellowish brown, glabrous to pubescent; lower glume narrowly oblong, 1–3 mm. long, separated from the upper by an internode 1–2 mm. long; upper glume glabrous on the back, coriaceous with the nerves slightly raised, ± drawn out into a long narrow beak, usually with a tuft of hairs from the middle of the back, ciliate on the margins, with an awn 2–10 mm. long; lower floret male or sterile, its lemma narrower and less gibbous than the upper glume, its palea ciliate on the keels.
Habitat
Open places; 1500 m.
Distribution
Ethiopia to Transvaal and Namibia T2
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0