G.301. Enneapogon Desv. ex P. Beauv.

Description of the genus

Perennials, rarely annuals. Inflorescence a contracted, often spike-like panicle. Spikelets 3-flowered, laterally flattened, disarticulating above the glumes and below the fertile florets. Lowest floret bisexual; second male or sterile, third reduced, often only a tuft of awns. Glumes persistent, 3-5(-7)-nerved, equal or subequal, membranous; upper as long as the lower lemma. Lemma of the lowest floret 9-nerved, with 9 ciliate awns, dorsally rounded, densely villous (at least below the middle); awns scaberulous or plumose, 3-5 times as long as the body of the lemma.

Worldwide: 28 species in the tropics and subtropics, especially Africa and Australia

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Flora of Caprivi: Enneapogon
Flora of Mozambique: Enneapogon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Enneapogon

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Enneapogon
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Enneapogon
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Tropicos: Enneapogon
Wikipedia: Enneapogon

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Enneapogon.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=151, retrieved 19 March 2024

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