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Description: | can be distinguished from the weedy A. fatua by not having the rhachilla disarticulating between the florets. Moreover the lemma is glabrous in A. sativa. | |
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Derivation of specific name: | sativa: cultivated, not wild | |
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Worldwide distribution: | cultivated species | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
Literature: |
Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 65. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 100. |
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