G.448. Poecilostachys Hack.

CHLOACHNE Stapf

Description of the genus

Perennial grass (in ours) confined to shady places in evergreen forests. Inflorescence composed of 1-sided racemes. Spikelets laterally flattened. Lower glume shorter (1/3 - 2/3) than the spikelet. Upper lemma strongly laterally flattened.

Worldwide: 20 species, all but P. oplismenoides confined to Madagascar

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
oplismenoides (Hack.) Clayton	E	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Poecilostachys
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Flora of Mozambique: Poecilostachys
Flora of Zimbabwe: Poecilostachys

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Poecilostachys
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JSTOR Plant Science: Poecilostachys
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Poecilostachys
Plants of the World Online: Poecilostachys
Tropicos: Poecilostachys
Wikipedia: Poecilostachys

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Poecilostachys.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=188, retrieved 24 May 2025

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