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G.299. Aristida - Bristle grasses
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Spikelets 1-flowered, disarticulating above the glumes, in terminal, lax or contracted, panicles; glumes persistent, narrow, usually 1-nerved. Lemma narrow, with hard callus at base, with or without a beak or twisted column; articulation present or 0, usually visible as a transverse darker line on the body of the lemma, occurring at the apex of the lemma or at the apex of the column; awns 3 (1 central, 2 lateral) or rarely 1, glabrous. Worldwide: c. 330 species in warm regions of the world Caprivi: 6 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| adoensis Hochst. ex A.Rich. | |
| adscensionis L. | Description, Image |
| diminuta (Mez) C.E. Hubb. | Description |
| hordeacea Kunth | Description |
| recta Franch. | Description, Image |
| stenostachya Clayton |
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Flora of Malawi: Aristida
Flora of Mozambique: Aristida
Flora of Zambia: Aristida
Flora of Zimbabwe: Aristida
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AristidaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aristida
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aristida
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Aristida
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iNaturalist: Aristida
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aristida
JSTOR Plant Science: Aristida
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aristida
Plants of the World Online: Aristida
Tropicos: Aristida
Wikipedia: Aristida
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