Brachiaria deflexa (Schumach.) Robyns

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Caprivi records: View all records (19)

Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
94801018 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
327
WIND

Caprivi: Inkasa Island: malapo on banks of Linyandi river.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 93030 cm high; Graminoid; Notes: Erect, annual grass, up to 30 cm high when in flower. Culm erect to somewhat geniculate, much branched, slender, terete, yellow-green with long, white, sericeous indumentum especially conspicuous at dark-banded nodes. Leaf blade lanceolate, tapering to narrow apex over a length of 50 - 100 mm, up to 10 mm wide, thin and softly textured, expanded, ascending to somewhat recurved, bright green, covered on both surfaces by fine, white, short, downy indumentum, margins white with long straight, white hairs, base rounded. Ligule an inconspicuous brown, membranous ridge with short, white, straight hairs. Leaf sheath tightly circumculmate from collar region, overlapping, 25 - 50 mm long, paler green with relatively dense long, white, sericeous indumentum. Inflorescence a panicle of spaced racemes, up to 200 x 80 mm, elliptic in outline, enclosed initially in upper leaf sheath. Racemes 50 mm long, alternately arranged on main axis at intervals of 3 - 30 mm; secondary axis slender, sinuate with dense, short, white, velutinous indumentum. Spikelets paired, minutely ovoid, 2 x 1.5 mm, apex acute. Glumes tightly clasped, membranous, pale green to purple tinted. Stigma branches apically exerted, deep purple.-17.78330025.2075005
93961030 Dec 1958DJB Killick
OA Leistner
DJB Killick
OA Leistner
3190
WIND

Caprivi: Katima Mulilo Area. About 10 miles from Katima on road to Linyanti.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2 02.6 ft high; Graminoid; Notes: Occasional in tall grassveld. Erect culms 2.6 feet.-17.62500024.3750005

Total records found: 2



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: Species information: Records of: Brachiaria deflexa.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=106810, retrieved 25 April 2024

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