G.637. Hackelochloa Kuntze

Description of the genus

Annuals. Inflorescence a simple axillary raceme, these numerous and arranged in a spatheate false panicle. Racemes dorsally flattened; internodes flattened, oblong, cup-shaped above, fused to the adjacent pedicel. Sessile spikelet spherical: callus truncate, oblique with a central boss; lower glume hemispherical, crustaceous, rugose to cancellate, granular all over, wingless; upper glume partly adhering to the enclosing internode; lower floret a hyaline lemma; upper lemma entire and awnless. Pedicellate spikelet herbaceous; lower glume winged; pedicel linear, scarcely distinguishable from the internode.

Derivation of name: after Eduard Hackel, 1850-1926, Austrian agrostologist, and from the Greek: chloa meaning grass.

Worldwide: 2 species; one (granularis) throughout the tropics, the other in India and Indo-China.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
granularis (L.) KuntzeN,C,E,SN,E,LkDescription

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Flora of Botswana: Hackelochloa
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Hackelochloa
Flora of Malawi: Hackelochloa
Flora of Mozambique: Hackelochloa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hackelochloa

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hackelochloa
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Tropicos: Hackelochloa
Wikipedia: Hackelochloa

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: Hackelochloa.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=261, retrieved 19 March 2024

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