G.479. Oryzidium C.E. Hubb. & Schweick.

Description of the genus

Aquatic perennial with long spongy culms, often floating in water and rooting at the nodes. Inflorescence a panicle. Spikelets dorsally flattened, lanceolate, falling with the pedicel attached. Lower glume small; upper glume as long as spikelet and with a long awn (> 6 mm). Lower lemma acuminate, separated from the upper floret by a 1.5 mm internode.

Worldwide: 1 species in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Caprivi: 1 taxon.

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barnardii C.E. Hubb. & Schweick.Description

Other sources of information about Oryzidium:

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Flora of Botswana: Oryzidium
Flora of Zambia: Oryzidium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Oryzidium

External websites:

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

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: Genus page: Oryzidium.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=195, retrieved 29 March 2024

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