Chrysochloa Swallen

Cope, T.A. (1999) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2)

Description of the genus

Inflorescence of 1–many digitate 1-sided racemes bearing imbricate spikelets on a flat rhachis. Spikelets 2-flowered, strongly laterally compressed, sessile, in 1 row on a tough axis, disarticulating above the glumes; glumes subequal, membranous, keeled, enclosing the florets, acute to acuminate at the apex, the superior deciduous, sometimes with a short awn; fertile lemma coriaceous, keeled, mucronate or with a short subapical awn. Caryopsis ellipsoid, trigonous.

Worldwide: Four species in tropical Africa.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
hindsii C.E. Hubb. N,SN,S

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Chrysochloa
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chrysochloa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chrysochloa
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chrysochloa
JSTOR Plant Science: Chrysochloa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chrysochloa
Plants of the World Online: Chrysochloa
Tropicos: Chrysochloa
Wikipedia: Chrysochloa

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: Chrysochloa.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1934, retrieved 19 March 2024

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