Hubbardochloa Auquier

Description of the genus

Inflorescence a delicate open panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered, fusiform, disarticulating below the floret; glumes 1-nerved, thinly membranous, longer than the floret, persistent; lemma 1-nerved, hyaline, thinner than the glumes, entire at the apex and with a long flexuous terminal awn. Caryopsis fusiform, the pericarp free.

Worldwide: One species in Central Africa.

Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon.

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gracilis Auquier

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Flora of Zambia: Hubbardochloa

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hubbardochloa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hubbardochloa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hubbardochloa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hubbardochloa
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iNaturalist: Hubbardochloa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hubbardochloa
JSTOR Plant Science: Hubbardochloa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hubbardochloa
Plants of the World Online: Hubbardochloa
Tropicos: Hubbardochloa
Wikipedia: Hubbardochloa

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants: genus page: Hubbardochloa.
https://www.capriviflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1996, retrieved 29 April 2024

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